Seattle's Fremont Fair and Solstice Parade take over the streets of this neighborhood all weekend long.
June 19, 2008
Take a trip through world cultures without leaving town: Head for the Northwest Folklife Festival this three-day weekend at Seattle Center. Ethnic music and dance performances from many cultures draw a diverse crowd of all ages and nationalities to the popular festival with a relaxed, family-friendly atmosphere.
May 22, 2008
Take a Walk
Meet your local park when it was only a dream on a designer's page: Take a look in the historical archives of Seattle parks, a treasure trove for history buffs that is now available online.
January 26, 2006
Fort Flagler State Park celebrates its military history and the completed restoration of a historical 120mm anti-aircraft gun this weekend.
May 5, 2005
Take a step back in time for an afternoon or a week at Browns Point Lighthouse, a National Historic Register 1903 lighthouse and Keeper's Cottage across Commencement Bay from downtown Tacoma. On Saturday from 1-5 p.m., Points Northeast Historical Society docents lead a tour of lighthouse buildings as part of Pierce County Heritage Month, and if you really love the place, it's available for rental for one-week tours of keeper duty.
April 28, 2005
Add a restorative commune with nature to your weekend on a paddling adventure through Bellevue's Mercer Slough, the largest wetland on Lake Washington. No paddling experience? No problem.
Basic training, equipment and Bellevue Park Ranger guides will have you gliding a canoe through the lake like a real Northwest adventurer. Chances are you'll spot some otters, herons, turtles and other wetland wildlife as you glide through their habitat on a three-hour journey from Enatai Beach Park to Mercer Slough Nature Park.
May 8, 2003
Looking for a spring getaway close to home?
Juanita Bay Park wildlife habitat takes you through meadow, marsh, woods and wetland in a 144-acre oasis only minutes away from urban areas of the Eastside.
The park provides habitat for songbirds, waterfowl, raptors, shorebirds, amphibians, turtles, beavers, small mammals and diverse vegetation including blooming wildflowers.
May 1, 2003
Been on a cruise lately? There's no need to wait for your next vacation or out-of-town visitors to sit back and watch the scenery while gliding over the water. It only takes an hour or two, in the fresh air on top deck or below deck out of the weather, to get away from it all on a cruise of Elliott Bay, Lake Union or Lake Washington.
October 31, 2002
Good wine is one of our state's many charms, and winery tours make great weekend trips to the Tri-Cities, the Yakima Valley and other Eastern Washington destinations, or a great day trip to the wineries in Woodinville.
September 26, 2002
Bellevue Botanical Garden celebrates its 10th anniversary at a garden party with plant raffles, historical displays and plenty of advice for home gardeners from 1-4 p.m. this Saturday. The 36 acres of display gardens, woodlands, meadows and wetlands, now a Bellevue park, were logged 100 years ago, then home to a 1920s log cabin and family farm, and later a 1950s-era home and atrium garden that was donated to the city of Bellevue in 1984.
June 27, 2002
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