5 Travel Gift Ideas for the Book Lovers in Your Life

Christmas and the New Year are just around the corner! It’s the perfect time to plan your travel for 2015. Here are five travel gift ideas for the book lovers in your life (or you!). 50 Shades of Romance: Travel to Seattle to join 16 erotic romance writers for a weekend of debauchery, including a […]

Never Sleepy in Seattle

Seattle is known as “The Emerald City”. It’s the cultural center of the Pacific Northwest. Water defines this city. It sits on an isthmus between Puget Sound (an arm of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington. Rain makes it the Emerald City, and it does have plenty of rain, but despite its reputation, it is […]

Seattle Seahawks Win Super Bowl XLVIII

Congratulations to the Seattle Seahawks, Super Bowl XLVIII champs! Whether you’re a football fan or not, Seattle is a great place to visit. Not only is it the coffee capital of the US (Starbucks anyone?), home to Amazon, Microsoft, and Nordstrom, it also has some really great things to see and do. Have you been? […]

Last Day in Seattle – Day 4

It’s our last day in Seattle and there is still so much to see and do! Since our flight was scheduled for late afternoon, we had the opportunity to visit three more attractions before leaving for the airport. Safeco Field First stop on our last day was a tour of Safeco Field, home of the […]

Seattle Sightseeing — Day 3

Today we decided to start with the Grey Line Seattle Sightseeing Hop-On-Hop-Off City Tour. These tours are a great way to become familiar with a city by taking a guided tour that supplies you with history and allows flexibility for exploring the sights. While on the tour, our guide pointed out several notable locations between […]

4 Days in Seattle – Day 2

As I said in my last post, there is so much to do and see in Seattle, Washington!  Day 2, Sunday, was a bit more sedate. We knew the downtown area would be crazy with Seahawks and Cowboys fans, so we decided to take the ferry and head over to Bainbridge Island. (Unfortunately, my sister […]

Four Day Trip to Seattle — Day 1

Like with any other big city, there is so much to do and see in Seattle, Washington, also known as the Emerald City.  My sister and I have wanted to visit the Pacific Northwest for quite some time, Seattle especially, and were finally able to do so! Why Seattle? It’s the home of many great […]