Shield Maiden

How to be a Tourist in your Hometown... or your home state. I have always wanted to live in a lighthouse. My dream home. I have it all...

When I was young I loved the show "The Wild Thornberrys" about a family of wildlife documentarians who travel around the world filming...

Did you know that the 5th Avenue Theater develops and debuts a whole bunch of new musicals? One even one a Tony Award against Hamilton. I...

How to be a Tourist in your hometown. I'm going to be honest with you, I am a California girl at heart. It is coded in my genetics. I am...

How to be a tourist in your hometown. Or... I suppose... in you home state. Mount Ellinor is a bit far from where I am living now but not...

So... you know the scene in Mulan where she accidentally ends up seeing a bunch of her friends naked and then says that she never wants...

"Jamie," I texted my brother last Saturday, "I flyed!" "No, you falled," he answered. (Yes, I realize both statements are grammatically...

I like art. Art is pretty. Art is fun. Art makes you think about stuff and how you see the world. I also like the question of what makes...

I don't care who you are, or what you do, NOTHING will ever be cooler than dinosaurs. Do you know where you can find dinosaurs in...

Seattle is a strange place. I cannot think of anywhere else I have been that would look at an old gasworks refinery and say, "we should...

And since you are here you may as well check out the rest of City Center So you are at the Space Needle doing the classic Seattle Tourist...

"Katie," my friend Sam turned to me at the end of bible study on Thursday night. "When are we going to the speakeasies." "Um... whenever...

Some times even tourists need a free option. Some times you need a free option Or a safe place to roller skate Or three miles of park to...

Capitol Hill Seattle. Do you like ice cream? I like ice cream, probably more than I should. There are very few pleasures in this world...

Ballard (Seattle). This is my favorite place in Seattle. To be fair, I love the beach. The happiest I ever am is when I am close to the...

Seattle Center. I am Alice and this place is Wonderland. To be honest, Alice in Wonderland freaked me out as a child, it is not a story I...

The Museum of Pop Culture, Seattle. My favorite museum in Seattle is the Museum of Pop Culture (the MoPop). Ignore the fact that it looks...

Seattle Speakeasy. I met a guy, that’s not too shocking, half of the population is male, who I decided I wanted to be friends with and...

Seattle Speakeasy. I never really cared much for bars. I mean, I was excited when I turned 21 and was able to go to bars and drink…...

(Located at Broadway and 9th) There are some places in this world where reality is ever so slightly altered; waiting rooms, the lighting...