Seattle Travel Blog

photo courtesy of bastilleseattle.com Seattle cares about food and loves its breakfast. A quality list of breakfast/brunch places includes Café Presse, Portage Bay, Kingfish Cafe, The 5 Spot, Glo’s and Toulouse Petit in addition to these three standouts: Bastille in Ballard, The Dish Cafe in Fremont,...

Second Annual “This Is Halloween” From October 28th through the 31st at the Triple Door, catch the Can Can’s dazzling concoction of live music, cabaret, burlesque and film inspired by Tim Burton’s “Nightmare Before Christmas” and starring The Can Can Castaways, The Heavenly Spies, Orkestar...

Today’s snapshot (and feature photo over on the right) is courtesy of Elana NW, taken in Gas Works Park in Fremont.

I love Fremont. It’s quirky, it’s cool, it’s the center of the universe. And one of my favorite parts of Fremont is the statue of Vladimir Lenin in the main square. The first time I saw him was when I attended the Summer Solstice Parade. A few kids were perched on his shoulders, watching...

A good friend recently sent me a link to the official website for this year’s Fremont Fair, and like that, my weekend plans were set. Every summer solstice since 1972 has been welcomed with a party in the quirky Seattle neighborhood of Fremont, otherwise known as the “center of the universe.”...