Author: Jay

Sound Transit opened a new light rail station in the south fairly quietly this fall, the Angle Lake station. It is just south of the airport, and currently the southern endpoint of the line. Mostly, this serves as a large park and ride. However, I have been excited about...

If you hang around Jennie and I, it will not take you long to figure out that we are big fans of Seattle’s south end. That’s no surprise, given that today we live in the Othello neighborhood, and before that we lived in Hillman City. This week we thought...

There are many scenic fall drives from Seattle which makes it hard to choose! In our family we have a tradition in fall of a weekend road trip for camping, buying apples, photography and some outdoor adventure (usually biking or hiking). We traditionally call it “mocktoberfest”. Basically, it’s road...

Do you love to drink coffee and ride bikes? Join us in the coffeeneuring challenge! Coffeeneuring is a nationwide fun and non competitive way to explore your community by bike while enjoying delicious hot drinks! Ride your bike 7 times to 7 coffee shops in 7 weeks in October...

This is a guest post by my husband, Jay Flaming, a photographer, cartographer and archaeologist about his experience working in Canada’s Northwest Territories. One of my several gigs is to work as a freelance archaeologist. I have had such a weird and diverse series of job opportunities in my life...