In Praise of Summer Weekends

I don't know what it's like where you are in the summer time, but here in the Pacific Northwest, we put up with a lot just to get to the absolute perfection that is our summer. Blue skies, heat tempered by the waters of Puget Sound, long evenings with late sunsets... when I die, should I find that I'm there's a heaven, I pray that it is nothing more than Seattle in late July. We started by playing hooky on Thursday afternoon (that's right, Thursday), scooping up Janelle from National Geographic Traveler's blog, and heading out to the beach. Seattle isn't known as a beach town, but there's a lovely strip of promenade three miles from our door that is transformed into a seaside town whenever the weather permits. While at Alki Beach, we were delighted to find the good people from the Intertribal Canoe Journey winding up the... [read full story]