If the recession is raining on your summer vacation plans, why not enter to win a free trip to the Washington coast, care of Seattlest and our good friends at Vacations by the Sea? This week we’re giving away a trip (worth about $900!) to wine, climb, and dine in beautiful Westport, Washington, smack-dab in what locals call the "Banana Belt." more ›

If the recession is raining on your summer vacation plans, why not enter to win a free trip to the Washington coast, care of Seattlest and our good friends at Vacations by the Sea? This week we’re giving away a trip (worth about $900!) to wine, climb, and dine in beautiful Westport, Washington, smack-dab in what locals call the "Banana Belt." more ›

If the recession is raining on your summer vacation plans, why not enter to win a free trip to the Washington coast, care of Seattlest and our good friends at Vacations by the Sea? This week we’re giving away a trip (worth about $900!) to wine, climb, and dine in beautiful Westport, Washington, smack-dab in what locals call the "Banana Belt." more ›

If the recession is raining on your summer vacation plans, why not enter to win a free trip to the Washington coast, care of Seattlest and our good friends at Vacations by the Sea? This week we’re giving away a trip (worth about $900!) to wine, climb, and dine in beautiful Westport, Washington, smack-dab in what locals call the "Banana Belt." more ›

If the recession is raining on your summer vacation plans, why not enter to win a free trip to the Washington coast, care of Seattlest and our good friends at Vacations by the Sea? This week we’re giving away a trip (worth about $900!) to wine, climb, and dine in beautiful Westport, Washington, smack-dab in what locals call the "Banana Belt." more ›

• SIFF is calling for all young film-loving kiddos to apply for a spot on their very first FutureWave Youth Jury (for high schoolers) and the Films4Families Youth Jury (for kids grades 4-8) at this year's festival. Application deadline is 5 p.m. Monday, May 18.
• Washington likes to tweet a lot. Social media-savvy us create the biggest percentage of people who are active Twitter users from across the U.S.
• A brutal lovers quarrel between Granny and Gramps in Lynnwood. She kicked him where it counts for being unfaithful over 35 years ago.

Every so often we get an email from someone visiting town for a few days who wants to see the sights, but not get trapped in a constant scrum of tourists the whole time. We've made a stab at some likely suspects, but feel free to add yours in the comments. This is a game the whole internet can play! more ›

Seattlest Katelyn is in Antalya, Turkey, for this week's leg of her trip to the Mediterranean. She's armed with a camera, so those of you who have never been to Turkey can follow along at home. more ›

When even a convent in Olympia began to seem expensive (egads), Seattlest settled for a trip to the mysterious region called "unincorporated Snohomish County," also known as "our parents' house." We would take a vacation, damnit, even if that meant a weekend of sitting in our high school bedroom-turned-guest-room, noshing on Trader Joe's brie, and contemplating the tiny nature reserve just beyond the rows of strawberry plants in the back yard. more ›

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