As Green as it Gets

Think of holding a meeting in Seattle and your mind is suddenly filled with images of umbrellas, ponchos and waterproof boots splashing through puddles on yet another of the city’s famously rainy days. And while Seattle certainly gets its share of the wet stuff—they don’t call it Rain City for nothing—locals will tell you it doesn’t rain that much.

POSITIVELY WASHINGTON

It’s hard not to appreciate positive news in such challenging financial times. And if that’s what you’re seeking, you are certain to find it in Washington.

Unbridled Beauty

You will know it by its big trees and untamed coastline, by the roads that wind through seemingly endless forests, and by some of the most modern of cities in the U.S.

Tacoma, Wash.

Just 36 miles south of Seattle on Puget Sound sits Tacoma, the second-largest city in Washington. At the base of Mount Rainier, it no longer dozes in the shadow of this iconic peak, churning out the factory smoke of its industrial past.

Bellevue, Wash.

Over the hills of Seattle and across Lake Washington’s floating bridge to Bellevue we go. A city of approximately 110,000 residents, Bellevue (meaning “a beautiful view”) has really come into its own over the past few years—defining itself not just as Seattle’s neighbor, but a destination all its own.

From Grapes to Glass

The Vineyard Year in the Wine Countries of the West