The Duwamish longhouse is an event space you can rent. A fair sized parking lot is behind the…read morebuilding. Located on a busy road, it's easy to drive past without noticing, but inside is the history of Puget Sound and the indiginous people who live here. There is no fee to enter. At first I thought it was a gift shop, but several displays with artifacts and photos are to your right. There is a lot of information regarding the original topography, before civil engineers rerouted rivers and installed dams. It also documents how this activity contributed to the demise of some Duwamish people who relied on these waterways for food.. Artifacts include hunting and fishing gear, hand made baskets, herbs used medicinally and fibers used to make cloth are on display with information on how they are used. Very interesting. A lesson on living off the land. Inside the longhouse are photographs and a canoe you can checkout. This longhouse is built as the communal longhouses of the past were with an elevated platform around the edges that would have been used for sitting and sleeping. It's a beautiful space. After we read all the info (there's a lot of info) and looked at all the artifacts we browsed the gift shop and made a few purchases. They have a variety of artisan made products including beautiful blankets, jewelry, note cards and wall art among other things. We chatted with the staff member as we made our purchases. She answered a few questions we had and we chatted about family. She was very pleasant. This is a good stop for learning local history and purchasing local art.

If you live in south Seattle then you know well about the proximity of the Duwamish tribal lands…read more(right under your feet) and that the longhouse, where many events are held, is nearby. We had never gone until this past weekend, though, when they held a craft fair. The longhouse is located very near the industrial port area, on the opposite side of Marginal Way, and is very nicely built (wood) yet small. There are two rooms, that we know. The first houses a museum of sorts. In the second was where they put the crafts and behind that is a small kitchen where they were selling a few items, including the hottest item (basically everyone came for this), the frybread. We felt honored to be hosted by the Duwamish. We picked up a beautiful beaded hummingbird. The reason I do not give five stars is because the space was so small, which made browsing the crafts very difficult. Normally I would have liked to learn so much more about each vendor and their items yet here you were lucky if you could even squish close enough to see or buy anything. A couple of vendor spots were less populated, I think because what they had on offer was less of an "easy" sell - gorgeous ledger art and handmade drums. Recommend a visit.

I visited the Henry Art Gallery with a friend last month as part of her birthday celebration and it…read morewas a great experience. We had lunch at Ba Bar at U-Village then came to the gallery to walk off our lunch and take in a lot of interesting, diverse art. The gallery now offers FREE admission to everyone (thanks in part to 4Culture), whereas before it was only free to UW students, faculty, and staff. What I like about the Henry is the curation. They always have intriguing and interesting exhibits that are grouped well and have just enough art pieces for you to see and take in without getting overwhelmed. The space is clean, well lit, and pretty minimalist. Also like that they have a cute little cafe, City Grind, with both indoor and outdoor seating. On this visit, we were impressed by the exhibit by Diné artist Eric-Paul Riege (b. 1994, New Mexico). Riege's tactile sculptures of jewelry and other objects were HUGE and a cool sight to behold. A sign said that some sculptures could be touched gently which I fully took advantage of because these giant soft sculptures just called out to be touched. It's a terrific exhibit and is showing until October 25, 2026. Go see it while you can!

It's cool, but even though the museum spans three floors, it's really small and there aren't many…read moreexhibits. It didn't help that one of the four exhibit spaces was in transition, either. Good job. Good effort. I expected more.

Visited the Seattle Asian Art Museum to check out the powerful exhibition featuring the Kondō…read moreceramic lineage! ​The mesmerizing pieces in these photos and videos are by Kondō Takahiro, a third-generation master artist from a prestigious Kyoto ceramic family (grandson of Living National Treasure Yūzō Kondō). ​His signature technique, "Gintekisai" (Silver Mist Glaze), combines glass, silver, and gold to create these incredible, glistening droplets that look like real water beads frozen on porcelain. ​Reflecting on themes of human existence, nature, and rebirth following the 3.11 earthquake, these meditative ceramic sculptures and video installations were truly powerful and breathtaking to experience in person.

Some amazing Asian Art works here. Definitely worth a visit, especially if you go on a first…read moreThursday free day. Take a walk around volunteer park while you're here also. It's very nice. The current Kondo family "Storytellers in Clay" exhibit is stunning. Be sure to catch this exhibit.

My first wine walk ever and it was so much fun! Old Bellevue is south of the Bellevue Downtown…read morePark. Fifteen businesses running along Main Street hosted twenty wineries. It is a great event that supports the local merchants and community. The walk ran from 5 PM to 8 PM. VIP tickets were $45 and granted an hour of early access starting at 4 PM plus small bites at four of the host venues. General admission tickets were $30 if purchased in advance and $40 at the door, although tickets were already sold out on the day of. Admission included twelve wine tasting tickets. Extra tickets could be purchased at $5 for an additional three. Registration was located at two places: 520 Bar & Grill and Zenrock Fitness. A plastic souvenir GoVino wine glass was given to use for the tasting. I had a VIP ticket and also received a wine carrier tote bag. Purchases could be dropped off at the Bottle Valet at 520 Bar & Grill. Wine bottles were sold tax free and had a $5 discount if two or more bottles were bought from the same winery. Bottles ranged from $10 to $60. Since snacks catered for VIP ticket holders only lasted the first hour, we tackled those places first. Even if not a VIP, a good number of the vendors provided offerings, such as charcuterie boards or chocolate, to pair with the wine. A few handed coupons or swag as well to promote their business. The VIP hosts were Zenrock Fitness, Bar Moore & Realogics Sotheby's, Whisk, and 520 Bar & Grill. Whisk was by far the best as it is a venue for cooking classes, followed by Bar Moore. As for the meet and greet with winemakers, it was quite the experience to learn and taste all sorts of wines I had never heard of before. We ended up visiting every place and trying all of the wineries. I am no wine connoisseur, but I could still distinguish the quality and taste of the wine. Structure Winery won as both of our favorites. Twelve tasting tickets for each of us was ample and we were there for three hours. Downtown Bellevue has street parking along with nearby public parking lots by the park. The area surrounding Main Street offers many various restaurants and retailers. The city has free Wi-Fi.

Great weather... a chance to try multiple new wines.. VIP tickets courtesy of the Old Bellevue…read moreMerchants Association and Yelp... how could you not go?!? Add in, getting to explore the many merchants in beautiful Old downtown Bellevue, it was a perfect opportunity and very much appreciated! Huge thank you to the Old Bellevue Merchants Association and Jennifer J. and Yelp for the great opportunity! Check in was quick, friendly, and easy, everyone was great at explaining the process and suggested routes to take. With over 600 people at this sol d out event, I would definitely say VIP tickets were great! You start an hour before regular ticket holders , and although some station had light snacks, such charcuterie boards, that were set out for the first hour, many continuously replenished the boards throughout the event. I can honestly say that I didn't have one tasting that didn't at least have me intrigued enough to want to try more from each winery or purchase bottle(s) from. Being from Nor-Cali can sometimes be a detriment to experiencing wines from other regions, but I've been mildly surprised at the Wonderful Washington wines I've experienced. I've also found it interesting that most of the wine grapes are grown in eastern Washington, but the tasting rooms are more local... gotta go where the people are sometimes, which is a bonus for us in western Washington. I tried to show as many of wines tasted in the multiple pictures taken and info about each tasting station. It would difficult to just pick one for sure, but I have to say a shout out to Browne Family Vineyards, for being on task on a very busy evening and also being the 'bonus' No ticket needed stop. Loved the 'Do Epic Shit' red blend... a great red blend with a epic title. It was a pleasure to see Washingtonians out and enjoying the sunshine, with great weather wines, and Bellevue's beautiful old downtown area. Lots of great restaurants, clothes shopping venues were highlighted as stations for this event, so you really could explore all the downtown area. One I noted for myself, since I love to cook was Whisk, a great stop for the Patterson Sangiovese, checking out all the cooking gear, and the delicious snacks being prepared in the teaching kitchen area, definitely looking into their events schedule. I highly recommend attending this event as well as other Wine walks that are hosted throughout the greater Seattle area during spring through fall. Great ways to try multiple wineries and explore places you may not regularly visit and be surprised at what you find. Fun times! Happiest Yelping, God bless and Cheers!

I attended this event on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018 at the Bell Harbor International Conference…read moreCenter, on 2211 Alaskan Way, Seattle. I heard so much great things about this event and I was asked by my friends to join this year. This was my first time and there was really nothing memorable other than standing out in the cold with my $85+tax ticket and then to find out that the place is jam-packed with people like Black Friday Walmart once you make your way inside. I am not sure how people can drink (alcoholic beverages) and carry around fancy restaurant catered food through multiple floors and thousands of people. The whole experience reminded me of a being in a club, actually worse. Coat check was free and that was the only good part. There were two volunteers, an elder lady and a young gentleman from Northwest Harvest and they were very kind and efficient. The venue itself made it extremely difficult to navigate through different food /spirits /wine tables. I heard many people (whom I assume attended previous events) complaining that "this is F***ed up. They shortened the time (from 1-5pm to 2-5pm for general admission and raised the price; and VIP admission is from 1-5pm with $110 price tag per ticket); and they really need to bring this back to Seattle Exhibition Center (where everything was on one large floor, not divided into 3 different areas / 2 different floors).!!" As for the wine and food "experience" nothing stood out. I did not even see Chateau St. Michelle or Columbia Winery. Probably explains a lot when those big name vendors didnt bother signing up this year. Most of wineries featured were young wineries that I had absolutely no interest in trying. I did enjoy DeLille Cellars and Corliss; and 4 wineries that made out to Seattle from Oregon (Lange and Duck Pond to name a couple). There is no way you could enjoy all the wine and food they offer in 3 hours when it takes 30-minutes to get in and they start quickly clearing everything around 4:40pm. So you basically have 2:30-4:30 to fight your way through the crowd and dont even really get to chat with wineries about how their wine is barrelled or aged. This is not the experience I was looking for and I actually enjoyed the cheaper event I went a year ago at the McCaw Hall. I dont need fancy food if I can barely get any tasting of wines which is what I really came for. Oh here are photos I took of Top Pot doughnuts table; and two bottles of Wine I enjoyed.

This review is for POP! Seafood 2017 only. I was actually very excited about it and it was kind of…read morea let down. There were more wines/champagnes than food. I am a seafood lover, but not necessarily very comfortable in the raw seafood territory. Most of the stalls had types of poke and lots and lots of raw oysters. I think I was expecting more of crabs/lobsters which I did not see. It's definitely a fun event. It has a cocktail party ambience and dress code. Make sure you carry your printed pass and Id. They have a coat checkin at the entrance. If you like raw oysters you would love it. But I would still argue it's not worth $85 per person. There is only so much alcohol I can take to get buzzed yet stay in my feel good zone. Grand tasting would better suit my taste buds. For next time!

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park is a great place to learn more about Seattle's…read moreconnection to the Gold Rush and the impact that period had on the city. There is a lot of history packed into the exhibits, making it a worthwhile stop even if you do not already know much about the subject. Inside, there is a video that provides additional background and helps give more context to what you are seeing. I also enjoyed looking through the different artifacts on display. It is an interesting stop for anyone who enjoys history and wants to learn more about an important part of Seattle's past.

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, 319 2nd Ave S, Seattle…read more Through a partnership between Amtrak and the National Park Service, travelers can identify historical sites and museums across the country. Included in the inventory of sites associated with Amtrak stops, I learned about Seattle's Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. In the summer of 2026, I had begun a cross-country trip on Amtrak from D.C., to Chicago, to Seattle, and then on to Alberta, Canada. For my stop in Seattle I visited the Park, just a few blocks from Seattle's King Street Station, located in what had been the Cadillac Hotel. Through the NPS, the Park offers a self-guided tour of Seattle's Pioneer Square, and docent tours are available on request at the front desk. It also hosts activities for boys and girls interested in earning their Junior Ranger Badge through activities like panning for gold. The Park also lets visitors search through various databases to find genealogical information, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other resources, associated with the Klondike Gold Rush.

Seems a bit smaller since the last time we came about 2 years ago. Some cute stuff and always fun…read moreto look at the booths and people watch. It's also next to the beach and lots of shops and restaurants so always a good place to hang out.

My family took me here while I was visiting from out of town, and I'm so glad they did. Parking can…read morebe a bit of a challenge, but it's well worth it. The art fair was filled with incredibly talented artists and a wonderful variety of high-quality, unique handmade items. I was tempted to buy so many things, but since I was flying home with only a carry-on, I didn't have room to bring much back. Instead, I collected several vendors' business cards so I could support them by ordering online later. Honestly, I wanted to buy something from almost every booth because the craftsmanship was so impressive. We also stopped by ItimTodd for dessert and shared the Strawberry Shortcake fried ice cream. I'm usually not a big sweets person, but it was absolutely delicious--fresh, flavorful, and not overly sweet. I would definitely come back the next time I'm in town. I'll just be sure to leave some extra space in my luggage so I can bring home a few pieces from these amazing artists.

Very small, but interesting museum about the Holocaust and citizens of Seattle who were impacted by…read morethe Holocaust. Check their hours carefully - currently, they're only open on Sundays and only until 4PM. There also isn't a lot of parking around, but if you park at the Amazon Spheres, it should be free and only a short walk away. When you show up, you have to get past a security guard. Then there's a 25 min intro video that shares stories about the Holocaust from the Seattle citizens who went through it. There aren't a lot of displays and I think a person could reasonably get through the museum in maybe 1.5 hours including the intro video. While the museum is small, it was a good time of reflecting and hearing the stories shared by survivors. There's also events that seem to happen at the museum including every month, a Holocaust survivor is around to answer questions.

This museum, though small, has artifacts, a thought-provoking layout and kind staff. I enjoyed my…read morevisit and will be back! FYI: The first Sunday of every month, a Holocaust survivor visits the museum. Though I didn't get the chance to meet him, this is a fantastic opportunity to learn and hear firsthand from someone who lived through these horrific events. I believe this museum deserves more credit and appreciation than the overall yelp score it has. If you're in belltown and have 2+ hours, you should stop by.