Since joining Seattle Met in 2011, Allison Williams has overseen the magazine’s travel and outdoor coverage, and has contributed to all sections of the magazine. Allison was raised in Olympia and earned degrees from Duke University and University of Alaska. She began her career in New York City in the newsrooms of Metro newspaper and Time Out New York, then hightailed it back to her native habitat so she could write guidebooks and climb mountains.

Sounds Off

Is Brandi Carlile a Pop Singer? She Doesn't Think So.

Washington's increasingly famous crooner holds tight to her Americana roots, even when the Grammys disagree.

11/02/2021 By Allison Williams

Northern Exposure

The Canadian Border Fully Reopens to Travelers

We can almost taste the poutine. Welcome back, Canadians!

11/02/2021 By Allison Williams

Writ Large

Two New Van Gogh Shows Are a Strange Kind of Art

What happens when classic paintings become an "experience"?

11/01/2021 By Allison Williams

Lite Brite

The Northern Lights May Come Out This Weekend

The best way to spot the aurora? Get out of town.

10/29/2021 By Allison Williams

Short Stops

A Heavenly Greek Bakery Hides in South Central Washington

St. John's Bakery in Goldendale has a godly reason for baklava this good.

10/27/2021 By Allison Williams

Haunted Houses

Six Freaky Halloween Vacations

Trips that make you go "Boo." Plus: How to freak out Stephen King-style.

10/21/2021 By Allison Williams

Water World

What to Do and Where to Eat in Lake Chelan

Central Washington's massive lake is popping year-round.

10/08/2021 By Allison Williams Photography by Brooke Fitts

mystery

Is D.B. Cooper Still on the Run?

Fifty years ago a mysterious criminal parachuted out of an airliner and into legend. An FBI agent, a self-trained scientist, and an outsider theorist have all dedicated years to unraveling the Northwest's iconic puzzle. But can you catch a myth?

09/27/2021 By Allison Williams Illustrations by Joseph Laney