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Kubota Gardens: Legacy of master landscaper Fujitaro Kubota

Japanese immigrant Fujitaro Kubota’s masterwork was his private garden, which he cultivated in traditional Japanese style—using native Northwest plants.

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Kubota Gardens: Legacy of master landscaper Fujitaro Kubota
  • Town Hall: Church of the mind
  • Chittenden Locks: where a rising tide lifts all boats
  • Broadway Dance Steps: Dancin' in the streets
  • Discovery Park is Seattle au naturel

Town Hall: Church of the mind

Think live action NPR or PBS; Town Hall brings in 350 authors, scholars and musicians a year.

Chittenden Locks: where a risi

Watching fishing and pleasure boats pass through the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks -- rising and falling...

Broadway Dance Steps: Dancin'

Artist Jack Mackie used real dance instructors as the basis for inlaid bronze footprints that invite...

Discovery Park is Seattle au n

This 534-acre nature preserve shows you Seattle as it was — a densely lush, green wilderness, peacef...

  • Molly Moon's: really scream for ice cream
  • Sinners & Saints helps to keep Fremont peculiar
  • Oddfellows Cafe + Bar serves up unusually good comfort food
  • Georgetown Liquor Company's vegetarian menu transcends basic bar food

Molly Moon's: really scream fo

Creative flavor combinations dominate at this fresh, handmade ice cream shop.

Sinners & Saints helps to keep

This tapas-and-tequila joint is a perfect fit for a neighborhood that boasts a statue of Lenin, a br...

Oddfellows Cafe + Bar serves u

Oddfellows' decor is vintage and unassuming, but its menu is contemporary, smart and full of too man...

Georgetown Liquor Company's ve

Strong enough for a carnivore (but) made for a herbivore, brags the GLC's menu of the sandwiches, ap...

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Still life


Posted by: by mike morrow

oil on muslin, 2004, 20x68, www.mikemorrow.artspan.com

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THE DANISH


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Friends of the Seattle Public Library Book Sale: The running of the books

Friends of the Seattle Public Library Book Sale: The running of the books

The twice-annual book sale, which sells over 200,000 donated, discarded or no-longer-needed books, prints, CDs, and VHS and DVD movies to benefit the library system..

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Olympia Movies

Piranha 3D

Spring break turns gory at a popular waterside resort, where hundreds of prehistoric man-eating fish have come to dine on hapless humans.

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Olympia Facts and Places:

Newspapers are The Olympian,
Olympia Sports teams are The Bears, The Cougars, The Wolves
Local Schools are Olympia High School, Capital High School, Evergreen State College, AG West Black Hills High School, South Puget Sound Community College

About Olympia, Washington

Olympia, Washington’s news is featured in The Olympian. This city has an infinite number of tourist attractions such as Heritage Park Fountain, the State Capital Campus, Percival Landing & Viewing Tower, the State Capital Museum and the Hands on Children’s Museum.

 

Plus, people enjoy the historic buildings like the Bigelow House Museum, The Olympic Flight Museum. Concert lovers may venture to the Olympia Symphony Orchestra.Olympia, Washington is home to the beautiful Boston Harbor Marina. Area golfers frequent Delphi Golf Club. Red Wing Casino is a hot spot for my tourists in the Olympia area.

 

Among the tranquil Olympia parks are Priest Point, Capital Lake, Burfoot, Youger, Tumwater Falls and Sylvester. Dining venues of Olympia, Washington include The Mark, A Bit of Europe and Peppers South of the Border. Also in the area are Budd Bay Café and Water Street Café. Tourists also enjoy the atmosphere of El Nopal Mexican Restaurant, El Sarape and Lees Buffet. Others frequent O’Blarney’s Irish Pub Restaurant, Osaka Japanese Restaurant, The Oyster House or Thai Garden.

 

Lodging options are abundant throughout Olympia, Washington. Available in the area are Puget View Guesthouse Bed and Breakfast and Swantown Inn Bed & Breakfast. Among the hotels are Ameritel, Best Western, Phoenix Inn Suites, Ramada Inn Governor House, and Red Lion.

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