Since joining Seattle Met in 2011, Allison Williams has overseen the magazine’s travel and outdoor coverage, including deep dives into Olympic National Park, the Columbia River, and a Burger King drive-thru in Canada. She edits the travel-focused blog Tripster and contributes service, news, interview, and narrative pieces to the magazine, including long-form features about mountain mysteries and puppies in prison. She’s earned awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and been nominated for a City and Regional Magazine award.

Allison was raised here in Olympia and studied writing at Duke University, Oxford University, Columbia Journalism School, 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.

Deals

La Conner Wants to Serve You Dinner

Score dinner and a room at Taste of La Conner.

06/08/2011 By Allison Williams

Travel News

Bellevue Shows Off a New Travel Site

There’s even stuff for locals.

06/07/2011 By Allison Williams

TV Recaps

Investigating The Killing: Episode 11

Take a break from your regularly scheduled murder show.

06/06/2011 By Allison Williams

Advice

Travel Tip from…a DMV worker?

We got really useful info from the unhappiest place on earth.

06/03/2011 By Allison Williams

Get Out

Run and Walk for Breast Cancer this Weekend

Think pink at the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.

06/02/2011 By Allison Williams

Article

Trail Mix

20 trails where you can hike, bike, and hug a tree, all within one hour of downtown.

06/01/2011 By Craig Romano and Allison Williams

Weekend Plans

4 Lodges You Should Be in this Weekend

Keep it simple with a one-stop vacation.

05/26/2011 By Allison Williams

Deals

Overnight in Victoria for $99

Class it up in British Columbia’s fanciest city

05/24/2011 By Allison Williams

Travel Plans

This Summer in Music Festivals

What’s worth the gas money? We tracked down the Northwest’s best.

05/23/2011 By Allison Williams

Article

Lodge Podge

Park once and play all weekend at four classic Northwest destinations: Lake Quinault Lodge, Columbia Gorge Hotel, Lakedale Resort, and Alpine Inn at Crystal Mountain.

05/20/2011 By Allison Williams