Photo Friday: Blowing Glass

May 28, 2010

Before I moved to the Northwest, I knew as much about glass blowing as I did about raising camels. Which is to say, nothing. And then, it happened. I started to notice art in the form of beautiful, bubbly glass… everywhere. While visiting Whidbey Island this past weekend, we stumbled upon the Firehouse Studio and [...]

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The Economics of Cheap Sleeps

May 18, 2010

“The last year has been painful,” a Seattle B&B owner recently told me. “I need more business.” I don’t doubt it. I’m traveling less, and I’m guessing a lot of others are, too. It’s too soon to tell if the Northwest’s travel slump will start to turn around this summer, but plenty of people are [...]

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Every City Should have a Bluebird Guesthouse

May 3, 2010

I’m a transplant to the Pacific Northwest and I still have quite a bit of exploring to do in this lovely corner of the world. So when I heard from my old Chicago friend, Steve, that he was planning a trip to Portland, I happily invited myself along to experience more of the funky city [...]

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King County has Yurts!

April 20, 2010

I was probably the last person to know this. But it happens sometimes, even to me. Here at Northwest Cheapsleeps, we’ve gone on and on for years now about great yurts at state parks in Oregon and Washington. And all along there have sat six shiny yurts in a King County Park just 30 miles [...]

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