Once a tourist attraction, now a lonesome roadside ghost town. Lester Park [Lester Park Road Saratoga Springs, NY] showcases ancient fossils, 490 million year-old from the Cambrian Period called stromatolites. These layered rocks were made by blue-green algae on a shallow sea floor – Saratoga Springs was underwater at this […]
Monthly Archives: November 2016
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Backdrop: the setting sun sinking under Fish Creek and the smell of the wood fired stove. Harvest & Hearth [251 Co Rd 67, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866] is the perfect mix between cozy-country and classy-chic. If you sit in the room where the beautiful stone oven is a centerpiece, you […]
Fremont Troll, Troll Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103 Billy-goats beware, although you’re safe for now. Under the bridge is a satisfied gigantic troll who just stole a Volkswagen Beetle with his right hand and human female with his left. His appetite won’t be quieted for long. Dinosaur Topiary, Corner of […]
There is an epicenter of culture in Seattle, a small proximity in the heart of the city filled with museums, parks, and sculpture – all accessible with just a short walk from a single parking spot. Usually an area like this in the city screams generic, money gobbling, and *skip* […]
How often is it that in a major international city the marketplace is one of the top rated destinations? Not very often. Pike Place Market [85 Pike St Seattle, WA 98101] cannot be overlooked on a trip to Seattle, thought of as simply ‘touristy’. Sure the place is packed, but […]
Full Tilt Ice Cream, 5453 Leary Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107 This is what I think happened here. Someone asked the owners, name five things you love and create your happy place. They responded with pinball, ice cream, art, beer, and music. I’d say it’s working out really well, every […]
Caribbean Sandwich: Paseo 4225 Fremont Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103 Hands down the best sandwich I have ever had in my life. And I’ve eaten a lot of sandwiches. It’s a hole in the wall (good luck finding a table), but all the best places are. The bright pink colors […]
Pink puddingstone and mountaintop megaliths make for one perfectly memorable hike. Schunnemunk Mountain State Park [Intersection of Taylor Rd and Creekside Ln, Mountainville NY] is a diverse six and half mile loop hike gaining over 1,700 ft in elevation. Head through the meadow and turn right when the white and […]
Down in Sketchville, the industrial blackhole of downtown Albany, is a food car called Eggy’s Place [1 Erie Blvd Albany, NY 12204]. Believe Eggy when he claims he has the best egg sandwich anywhere. He does. There is nowhere that comes close in the Capital Region and it rates up […]
Crazy narrow roads lined with million dollar homes, I almost thought my GPS was taking me to some unaffiliated remote location in West Vancouver until BOOM – the discreet sign for the parking lot. I made it to Lighthouse Park [4902 Beacon Ln, West Vancouver, BC V7W 1K5, Canada] a […]
A bit of a conundrum, but intriguing enough to lure me to the depths of downtown. The Gastown Steam Clock [305 Water St, Vancouver, BC V6B 1B9, Canada] looks like a relic from the Victorian Era, but really it was built in the 1970s. It’s touted as a steam clock, […]
Did you know there is a rainforest in North America? It’s located in the Pacific Northwest and spans from Alaska, to British Columbia, and all the way down through Northern California. The essence of beautiful British Columbia’s temperate rainforest can be viewed in a park: Lynn Canyon Park [3663 Park […]
A foodie carnival covered in dinosaurs. Have I gone off the deep end, am I dreaming? No, I made it to Vancouver just in time to check out the North America’s largest night market, this year themed: Magical Dino Park. Don’t worry if you missed it this year, the Richmond […]
One of the things I was most excited about when planning my Pacific Northwest trip was the possibility to see the salmon run. Salmon have a remarkable story and they are essential to the food chain. Spoiler alert, I didn’t see the salmon in the wild in Vancouver – but […]
After I climbed my first of the 46, Marcy, I never thought I would catch the gotta climb them all fever. The next season I wanted to do Cascade and Porter just to have a nice day in the ADKs. After that I went for Algonquin because I heard the […]