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How to Prepare for Winter like a Seattleite
Get out there and live
By Sarah Stackhouse October 4, 2023
Winter is upon us but it’s not here yet, Seattle. See that frantic gray squirrel outside your window gnawing pinecones and burying garbage? That’s not you. We’ve still got one entire season before it’s time to mope and fuss about the weather. So, let’s keep the windows open and feel the breeze as it picks up. Let’s listen to kids playing in the park after school. Let’s watch the bird-brained wildlife march through wet grass in autumn light.
Let’s hit up some of the activities listed below and then, in the dead of winter when we’re feeling like crazed and matted rodents who should have been burying sunflower seeds and peanut shells instead of drinking beer with friends, paying a little too much for a wildly delicious bunch of carrots, and tromping through mud in search of a pumpkin to carve – we’re going to pull out our phones and look at the photographs we took as we embraced the end of warmer weather. We’re going to remember why we live in the Pacific Northwest, and THAT is what gets us through winter. Although, moping helps too.
Go to an Oktoberfest.
All out Bavaria/Munich: Leavenworth, Oktoberfest Northwest
Lowkey neighborhood vibes: Burien, Ounces
Go explore local food at a farmer’s market.
Year-round: Ballard, Edmonds, U-District, Capital Hill, West Seattle
Seasonal: (most of these close in October) Columbia City, Magnolia, Olympia
Go to a pumpkin patch.
Action-packed carnival experience: Remlinger Farms, Stocker Farms
Old-time country fun: Swans Trail Farms, Bob’s Corn and Pumpkin Farm, Craven Farm
Laid back farm style: Jubilee, Creek House, Bailey, Fall City
Go outside.
Easy does it: Walk your neighborhood, Green Lake, Carkeek, Magnolia, Seward Park
Make it a half day: Meadowdale, Lord Hill, Cougar Mountain
A hike to write home about: Mt. Ellinor, Boulder River Trail, Bluff Trail at Ebey’s Landing
Go to a film festival.
Go learn to prepare a cozy meal.
Seattle: The Pantry
Various locations in and around Seattle: PCC
Online only: Julia Turshen
Go enjoy live music.
Dance party: Durand Jones, True Loves, Neil Frances, Eladio Carrión, Kalush Orchestra, Lizzy & the Triggermen
Bust a move in your chair: Grace Love, Meshell Ndegeocello, Switchfoot, Jeremy Pelt Quintet, Taj Mahal
Sit back and listen: Disney in Concert: The Sound of Magic, Seattle Slack Key Festival, Elgar & Brahms
Arena concert: Ms. Lauryn Hill and The Fugees, Jonas Brothers
Enjoy a wild ride: Harry Potter in Concert With Seattle Symphony, Freakout Festival
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