Featured image credit: Taza Chocolate Ready for a sinful treat? How about going all the way with a cup of rich, stone-ground Taza hot chocolate topped with homemade whipped cream, a Sweet Lydia's marshmallow, a Red Apple Farm apple cider donut, a Union Square Donuts doughnut hole, a pile of Q's Nuts, and sprinkles? This … Continue reading It’s hot chocolate. Loaded. Only on January 27 at Taza Chocolate Bar in Boston

Featured image by geralt, via Creative Commons Can you trust your senses? Find out at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, where the ILLUSION exhibit takes a deep dive into the human mind and sensory deception through February 19. Explore how perception affects our view of the world and how the brain often perceives … Continue reading Is anything as it seems? Get answers at the ILLUSION exhibit at OMSI in Portland through February 19

Photos by Cheryl Landes Light flakes danced in the crisp air when we checked in at Red Tail Canyon Farm near Leavenworth, Washington, for our sleigh ride. Fresh snow that fell the night before dusted the pine trees and coated the ground. When the Belgian and Suffolk draft horse teams arrived for our trip, the … Continue reading Dashing through the snow in a two-horse open sleigh at Red Tail Canyon Farm near Leavenworth, WA

Featured image courtesy Delta Air Lines On January 19, Delta Air Lines announced new rules for passengers traveling with service and support animals. The tighter rules are in response to unruly behavior by dogs and other animals the airline must allow on board by law. A service animal is trained to assist people with disabilities, … Continue reading Delta Air Lines tightens rules for traveling with service and support animals

Featured image by photographer Sharon Grainger, whose work is on display at the Living Cultures exhibit at the Seattle Central Library until April 30 More than 20 Northwest organizations and tribes are celebrating Edward S. Curtis' 150th birthday in 2018 by using his photographs to initiate conversations about art, culture, and place. As part of … Continue reading Living Cultures exhibit at the Seattle Central Library explores native cultures in photos through April 30

Featured image credit: Seattle International Dance Festival When choreographers Alejandro Chavez from Ciudad Interior Danza Contemporánea and Cyrus Khambatta from the Khambatta Dance Company in Seattle began talking about working together, they couldn't forget about the suffering from the earthquakes in Mexico and the strained political relations between the U.S. and Mexico. They wanted to … Continue reading First annual Seattle International Dance Festival Winter Mini-Fest unites the U.S., Mexico in dance February 3-10

Featured image credit: Chateau Ste. Michelle There's a new theater at the Chateau Ste. Michelle winery's Visitor Center in Woodinville, Washington, and it's opening on Friday, February 9, for SESSIONS. SESSIONS features intimate nights of entertainment with local musicians and comedy improv. Food and wine will be sold before and during each show. These are … Continue reading SESSIONS music, improv series returns February 9 to a new theater at the Chateau Ste. Michelle winery in Woodinville, WA

Featured image credit: Fishtrap, Inc. Has farming and ranching changed during the past three decades? What are the barriers to anyone starting a new farm? Who's interested in becoming farmers? How do we preserve farming as a way of life? All of these questions and more will be discussed during Winter Fishtrap 2018: The New … Continue reading The future of farming in the West topic of Winter Fishtrap 2018 in Joseph, OR

Featured image: An inquisitive dog sniffs an Eskimo ice sculpture during a previous Lambertville * New Hope Winter Festival. (photo credit: Lambertville * New Hope Winter Festival) Lambertville, New Jersey, and New Hope, Pennsylvania, are on opposite sides of the Delaware River, connected by a toll bridge short enough to walk across. In addition to … Continue reading Lambertville * New Hope Winter Festival shares love of art, culture, food, and fun on opposite shores of the Delaware River, January 20-28

Featured image: The Glacier Ice Bar & Lounge at The Sagamore in Bolton Landing, New York (photo credit: The Sagamore) When winter arrives in the Adirondaks in upstate New York, ice bars start popping up in Saratoga Springs and Lake George. Some are open for a day or few; others stay for the winter. Some … Continue reading Chill at ice bars in the Adirondaks January and February