An hour-by-hour itinerary for a day trip to rapidly changing downtown Bremerton.
October 2, 2008
Napa Northwest: Oregon's Northern Willamette Valley is the gateway to wine country in the Pacific Northwest.
September 21, 2008
Gourmet walking tours take visitors on a tasting trip through Pike Place Market, downtown Seattle and downtown Portland.
August 28, 2008
This isn't your Granny Smith's cider. At two boutique ciderhouses on Vancouver Island, B.C., adults can enjoy a taste of European-style cider.
July 13, 2008
Too busy to research guidebooks? With our "Do It in a Day" feature, you get a ready-made itinerary for a good day's visit to a popular Northwest...
July 3, 2008
You don't have to go to Europe to see how the plunging value of the U.S. dollar is pushing up prices for American travelers.
Just spend a weekend in Vancouver, B.C.
With the U.S. dollar near a 30-year low against the loonie — the name for the Canadian $1 coin with a loon on the back — say goodbye to bargains and brace for sticker shock.
A tall Starbucks latte that costs $2.55 in Seattle is $2.95 Canadian on Robson Street in downtown Vancouver, $2.80 at current exchange rates.
August 24, 2007
The fish are out of the water in Gig Harbor, a historic maritime town on the Kitsap Peninsula where art and antiques long ago replaced purse seining and boatbuilding.
There's "Hot Rod Salmon," a sleek black-and-orange number covered with automotive paint. "Salmon Dango" sports a ruffled skirt and a mosaic-tile head flung upward like a flamenco dancer. "Salmon Dragon" has fangs and white porcelain scales. "Fish & Chips" chows down on a mouth full of French fries.
July 12, 2007
With the Canadian dollar at its strongest against the U.S. dollar in 30 years, a weekend in Victoria or Vancouver, B.C., will cost you almost 7 percent more than it did last year, and that's not counting any changes in prices.
If the surge keeps up, the Canadian dollar, now worth 94 cents compared with an average 88 cents last year, could be worth as much as $1 U.S. by the end of the year, wiping out the discount that has made Canada an attractive travel destination for Americans.
June 8, 2007
CHELAN — E-mail message sent to friends in Seattle who were riding out another wind and rain storm: "Made it to Chelan. No wind. No rain. Sunny. Going skiing."
All bets are off this year when it comes to weather predictions, but there's a reason the locals call this corner of Central Washington "America's Little Switzerland."
January 18, 2007
PROTECTION ISLAND, British Columbia — "Would you like to borrow a wheelbarrow?" Catherine Hebb asked as we finished the last of our French toast.
We had spent a relaxing two nights at her B&B. Now our bags were parked near her front door. It was time to catch the ferry and head home.
July 29, 2005
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