Featured image by TerriC, via Pixabay It's a holiday Cookie Decorating Party at Salty's! Two of the Pacific Northwest's finest seafood restaurants are joining in on the fun, and you're invited. Salty's on Alki Beach, 1936 Harbor Avenue SW in West Seattle, 6-8 p.m. on Monday, December 10 Salty's on the Columbia, 3839 NE Marine … Continue reading Decorate holiday cookies at two Northwest seafood restaurants

Featured image: Boats from a previous Festival of Lighted Boats on the Columbia River in Kalama, Washington (photo credit: Festival of Lighted Boats on the Columbia River) Come to the Kalama Marina Park to watch the Festival of Lighted Boats on the Columbia River on Saturday, December 8. Get a photo taken with Santa, and … Continue reading Celebrate the season at the Festival of Lighted Boats on the Columbia River in Kalama, WA

Featured image credit: Uptown Village Association Deck out in your favorite ugly holiday sweater for a Saturday night of fun, food, and drinks in the Uptown Village neighborhood of Vancouver, Washington. Show up at a participating business in your ugly sweater and enjoy drink specials and other surprises. You might even receive a prize for … Continue reading Wear your ugly sweater to get drink specials at Uptown Village’s Ugly Holiday Sweater Pub Crawl in Vancouver, WA

Featured image from a previous Uptown Village Reindeer Block Party in Vancouver, Washington (photo credit: Uptown Village Association) On the first Sunday in December, two blocks of Main Street in Vancouver's Uptown Village close to vehicles for a grand celebration the annual Reindeer Block Party. Come for a stroll. Browse the vendor booths and pick … Continue reading It’s a Reindeer Block Party in Uptown Village, Vancouver, WA

Featured image: A snowy scene in historic Wethersfield, Connecticut, by Cathy King In September and October 2018, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries was on location in the quaint historic town of Wethersfield, Connecticut, to film the original Christmas movie, Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane. The movie premiers tonight, November 24, on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel. … Continue reading Watch the premiere of a new Hallmark Christmas movie in the New England town where it was filmed

Featured image: Say Ciao! is one of the participating restaurants in Dine the Couve in October. (photo by Cheryl Landes) Three-course meals for $23 at 31 restaurants throughout the Vancouver, Washington metro area in October—that's one restaurant for every day of the month! Check out the entire restaurant lineup and menus at https://www.visitvancouverusa.com/dinethecouve/.

Featured image: The Prime, beef short ribs from Nak Won Korean Restaurant in Beaverton, Oregon. Nak Won is among the restaurants participating in the second annual Beaverton Restaurant Week. (photo credit: Beaverton Restaurant Week) More than 30 restaurants and one food cart pod are serving up special dishes and discounts at the second annual Beaverton … Continue reading Beaverton Restaurant Week dishes up specials at more than 30 locations

Featured image: Chandler's Crabhouse's famous Dungeness crabcake (photo credit: Chandler's Crabhouse) Lake Union, north of downtown Seattle, has seen many changes in the surrounding landscape. When I lived in Seattle, warehouses and open lots were sprinkled along the lakeshore until the high-tech boom began another surge in Puget Sound. During the past decade, offices buildings, … Continue reading After 30 years at Seattle’s South Lake Union, Chandler’s Crabhouse to close September 30

Featured image: Some pieces from the juried Everday life, Every Day Art exhibition on display at the Cloud Craft Studios near Owego, New York Photos by Cheryl Landes Atop a hill on a country road five miles south of Owego, New York, a rustic barn with unpainted weathered boards overlooks a beautiful pond and rolling … Continue reading First Everyday Life, Every Day Art exhibition fights hunger in Tioga County

Photos by Cheryl Landes In 1868, Amory Houghton, Sr. relocated the Brooklyn Flint Glass Company for easier access to cheaper raw materials, waterways, and railroads. Canal boats hauled his glassmaking equipment along a network of rivers, canals, and lakes from Brooklyn to Corning, New York. When the trip ended, he renamed the company Corning Glass … Continue reading GlassBarge retraces historic journey from Brooklyn to Corning