Category Archive: Travel

Get Out and Go: Do Something Good

Volunteer around the world and travel with compassion and purpose.

Overseas volunteering gives travelers the chance to create intimate connections to places, people, and movements greater than oneself. Since Seattleites are ingrained with a strong volunteer ethic, it’s not surprising to find many making positive contributions in countries around the world. If you’ve been considering volunteering or working abroad, find some inspiration and advice from three Seattle natives that have dedicated their lives to international volunteer efforts.

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Sexy Food: Whistler is “On It” in the Off-Season

Where to dine, what to do and where to stay in the Northwest spring paradise.

You may think of white peaks and White Russians when you ponder a weekend getaway to Whistler, BC, but perhaps the best-kept secret of the wintry wonderland is just how happening it is all year long. When the sun–of which there is plenty–is out and the temperature rises, the mountain town plays host to myriad activities

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Sexy Food: The Wines and Nosh of Alto Adige, Italy

Take an Italian journey in your glass and on your plate with these springy suggestions.

Spring is out in full force in Seattle and with it, the opportunity to eat and drink all manner of lovely things apropos of more gentle weather. Of course it’s also a time when we all wish we could stretch our wings and fly off to some far-flung global destination, but if your job and responsibilities don’t allow you to flee the floods just yet, why not bring the world to your fingertips in the form of libations and nosh?

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Get Out and Go: Spring on the California Coast

Journey through the picturesque central coastline destinations of the Golden State.

The stunning backdrop of California’s central coastline feeds inspiration to dreamers, artists and musicians. John Steinbeck wrote, “Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream.” The quirkiness and the residual shadows of the

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Sexy Food: Destination Mexico

Escape the April showers and head to Zihuatanejo for a sunny culinary experience.

The 2012 travel climate in Mexico is different than in years past. A combination of the depressed economy and media hype over the supposed dangers of traveling south of the border mean that the usually-thriving Mexican tourism industry is experiencing a lull. What this translates to for you, my little Seattle songbird, is mucho savings in the sand and sun.

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