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.

Island Travel

Whale Watching in the San Juans

Orca tours turn Friday Harbor into a wildlife mecca, even in the off-season.

04/17/2013 By Allison Williams

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Perfect Party

Here’s who we’d invite if we could entertain this month’s most interesting visitors, locals, and newsmakers.

04/17/2013 By Allison Williams

How High

Pot Tourism Hits Washington

Is weed travel our newest boom? Plus: Our picks for a stoner's tour of Seattle.

04/09/2013 By Allison Williams

Advice

Where We'd Go: Last-Ditch Spring Ski Trips

Don't take our puffy coats away yet.

04/08/2013 By Allison Williams

Foodie Travel

Cooking Classes, Minus the Kitchen

Please stop eating franks and beans in a raggedy old tent. There's a better way to camp.

04/03/2013 By Allison Williams

Advice

Where We'd Go: Five Early Spring Trips

Got a hankering for travel but nowhere to go? We suggest five destinations that are hot right now.

03/26/2013 By Allison Williams

Air Travel

Live Music at Sea-Tac Airport: Annoying or Amazing?

If we have to take off our shoes, we deserve some free tunes.

03/25/2013 By Allison Williams

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Perfect Party

Here’s who we’d invite if we could entertain this month’s most interesting visitors, locals, and newsmakers.

03/20/2013 By Allison Williams

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50 Most Influential People in Seattle Right Now

Game-changing Seattleites thrust the city into its next phase—in politics, the arts, technology, food, sports, and more.

03/18/2013 By Kathryn Robinson, Matthew Halverson, James Ross Gardner, Laura Cassidy, Christopher Werner, Laura Dannen, Allison Williams, Allecia Vermillion, Amanda Zurita, Seth Sommerfeld, Erica C. Barnett, Bess Lovejoy, and Josh Feit

Hotels

Local Rooms: Cedarbrook Lodge

Don't think of it as an airport hotel (unless you're going to the airport).

03/08/2013 By Allison Williams

Cultural Travel

The Trick to Visiting a Museum With Kids (or Adults)

The editor-in-chief of National Geographic Traveler has a method for making kids enjoy a trip through a gallery.

03/01/2013 By Allison Williams

Luxury Travel

Seattle's Newest Airline Is Basically a Private Plane

Arrow Airlines is looking to launch service to the Bay Area, minus the usual commercial hassles.

02/25/2013 By Allison Williams

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The Flight Experience

What it’s like to fly on a Dreamliner, in high luxury, or 12 inches from a floatplane pilot.

02/20/2013 By Allison Williams

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One-Flight Vacations from Seattle

The whole world is just one flight away from Sea-Tac airport: Seoul, Paris, Puerto Vallarta—even Phoenix, Arizona. We asked Seattle’s jet-setters where they go, and what they do when they get there.

02/20/2013 By Allison Williams