Little Kids, Big City
Want to get away this weekend for a daytrip? I'd like to suggest Bainbridge Island, where I recently went on a mini-break with my kids. Here's the scoop on the island life:
By Lora Shinn | July 11, 2008
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — If your idea of a sweet weekend getaway is getting away from your car, onto a bicycle and out of the city, Bainbridge Island, with its undulating terrain, is candy.
For the hard-core, there's a 50-mile route called The BUTWHY (Bainbridge's Undeniably Tumultuous Worst Hills You'lleverride). It climbs 4,400 feet and includes the villainous Toe Jam Hill.
By Florangela Davila | July 7, 2005
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — If your idea of a sweet weekend getaway is getting away from your car, onto a bicycle and out of the city, Bainbridge Island, with its undulating terrain, is candy.
For the hard-core, there's a 50-mile route called The BUTWHY (Bainbridge's Undeniably Tumultuous Worst Hills You'lleverride). It climbs 4,400 feet and includes the villainous Toe Jam Hill.
By Florangela Davila | July 7, 2005
When summer finally arrives in the Northwest, the place to be is outdoors, soaking in the verdant beauty that sustains us through our long, gray winters.
Some of the most rejuvenating scenery lies a ferry ride west of Seattle, on Bainbridge Island and nearby Kingston, where a series of magnificent gardens will lower your blood pressure and elevate your spirits.
By Cecelia Goodnow | June 30, 2005
Location: Maury Island.
Length: About a mile.
Level of difficulty: Flat-to-moderate grassy and gravel paths (muddy after rains) and paved road down to lower parking lot at beach.
By Cathy McDonald | January 27, 2005
Short Trips
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND -- As I reached in my pocket for the $10 bill to pay the ferry attendant at the Colman Dock, by old habit I barked out my side window that I was headed for Winslow.
"You mean Bainbridge Island?" the attendant asked rhetorically.
She was right, of course. The ferry-dock town of Winslow doesn't officially exist anymore except in the hearts and conversations of islanders. The town was renamed city of Bainbridge Island when an all-island annexation was approved in 1991 after a vote so close it required a recount. Guess I must have missed that.
By Jeff Larsen | November 11, 2004
The walk:
Every walk should begin this way with a 35-minute boat ride across Puget Sound on a brilliant late-summer Saturday morning. Chalk it up to life in the Pacific Northwest and a visit to the farmers market in Winslow on Bainbridge Island.
The market is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday, April through October, and besides giving islanders a chance to do a little shopping, the market provides mainlanders with the opportunity to experience a bit of the idyllic life on this big Puget Sound rock.
Here's what you do.
By Terry Tazioli | September 9, 2004
Take a Walk
Location: Bainbridge Island.
Length: Several miles of trails.
Level of difficulty: Flat to moderately sloping, well-manicured paths and paved service roads.
Setting: This stunning 150-acre arboretum and natural reserve was the former estate of Prentice and Virginia Bloedel, who consulted landscape architects and chose some recommendations but rejected others so that "organization should not destroy a sense of naturalness." The result is a unique blend of groomed gardens and native forest that should not be missed.
By Cathy McDonald | June 10, 2004
For an easy day trip with a ferry ride and a festive lesson in Japanese culture, head across Puget Sound on December 28 for the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community's annual mochitsuki party.
The making of mochi chewy cakes of rice traditionally pounded with wooden mallets on a big granite mortar is part of New Year's celebrations in Japanese culture. Eating mochi is said to bring luck for the coming year.
December 13, 2002
Sometimes Bainbridge Island seems like just another rich suburb of Seattle, although with a nicer commute on ferries instead of freeways. It has the same oversized houses, and its 20,000 residents have the same fierce debates about development.
By Kristin Jackson | November 28, 2002
