Travel Tips

How To Beat Seattle Traffic!

We sleep at home and work at the office. But we live on the road—in our cars and buses and trains, on our bikes or feet or scooters or skateboards. Read how you can beat the traffic, avoid it, or live with it—whatever you ride or drive.

10/19/2009 By Eric Scigliano and Connor Guy With Alex Girma and Rachel Solomon

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26 Perfect Saturdays

We’ve planned out a year’s worth of memorable days—urban explorations, out-of-bounds adventures, and relaxed, cultural happenings of the very Seattle kind.

10/19/2009 With Steve Wiecking, James Ross Gardner, Jessica Voelker, Christopher Werner, Karen Quinn, Rachel Solomon, Nick Feldman, Kristin Cordova, and Parisa Sadrzadeh By Laura Cassidy

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Doin’ That Squid Jig

It’s a cold night on the Seattle waterfront, and the squid bite is on.

09/22/2009 By Langdon Cook

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Ferried Away

Get on board for a weekend of bike touring on bucolic Vashon Island.

09/16/2009 By Ariana Dawes

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Wine Country Weekends

Celebrate the harvest with premier sipping in pristine settings.

08/12/2009 By James Ross Gardner and Jessica Voelker

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See Spot Run

And jump and tunnel and weave—in dog agility training.

08/10/2009 By Matthew Halverson

Water World

Washington's 15 Best Beaches

Our state's greatest spots to splash, paddle, hike, and hunt for treasure in the sand.

07/20/2009 With Kathryn Robinson and Laura Cassidy By Matthew Halverson

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Slide Show: The Ultimate Beach Guide

07/20/2009

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To the Lake House

Two perfect days in Tahoe—sunscreen required.

07/14/2009 By Paige Williams

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Sound Off

How to support the home team when England’s Chelsea FC invades Qwest.

06/22/2009 By Matthew Halverson

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Too Cute to Live?

Spokane evicts its squirrels with a bang.

05/22/2009 By Karen Quinn

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Flight Club

Need a new perspective on the city—and want to leave your recession-era problems on the ground for a few hours at a time? Go to pilot school.

05/22/2009 By Jim Gullo

Destinations

My Island

Five locals on five isles—San Juan, Whidbey, Vancouver, Anderson, and Galiano—dish on how to make the most of your next island sojourn.

05/22/2009 By James Ross Gardner

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Slide Show: My Island

05/22/2009

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Man vs. Mild

A lazy guy’s guide to the Columbia River’s shores.

04/23/2009 By Jim Gullo

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The Longest Mile

You gotta be a fanatical runner—or crazy—to run an ultramarathon. Seattle’s Scott Jurek is a little bit of both.

04/22/2009 By Sean Leslie

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Let It Rain

A spring hike through the Olympic rain forest can be a muddy, waterlogged exercise in environmental immersion. And it’s wonderful.

03/16/2009 By Lawrence W. Cheek

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All Washed Up

Flotsamologists never know what they’ll uncover on Washington’s stormy shores—and that’s the point.

02/12/2009 By Eric Scigliano

Weekend Pass

You Know, For Kids

Decadence and magic at Grand Mound’s Great Wolf Lodge.

01/15/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Get Out

This Cold House

Tents, schments. Real winter campers dig out a snow cave.

01/15/2009 By Camden Swita