As 7:30 a.m. rolled around, we were ready for breakfast and tired of slowly following the STP riders through Kent, so we made our way back to I-5 and headed south to the first of two stops that took us away from the bicyclists' course. more ›

Seattle beer enthusiasts who sulkily attended last year’s lame, cramped Washington Brewers’ Festival at Fisher Pavilion have reason to rejoice: The former Summer Microbrew Festival returns to St. Edward State Park this Father’s Day weekend. more ›

McMenamins, a Portland-based chain of hotels, restaurants and brew pubs, submitted a 2005 letter of intent to lease the seminary building and turn it into a hotel with a restaurant and a conference center. more ›