Favorite Picnic Spots

Homer Harris Park

October 31, 2010
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Location: Central Seattle
Address: 2401 E. Howell St.
Acreage: 0.5

After visiting so many parks over the past year, a lot of them start to blend together. So, I love it when I find a park that was cleverly designed to be unique.

Homer Harris Park in […]

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Benefit Playground

May 24, 2010
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Location: South Seattle
Address: 9320 38th Ave. S.
Acreage: 2.2

Head south from the small commercial district on Beacon Ave. and you’ll run into Benefit Playground. Among its many benefits–okay, assets!–are a fun playground and some paths.

On the day I visited, seven 13 […]

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Duwamish Waterway Park

January 12, 2010
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Location: South Seattle
Address: 7900 10th Ave. S.
Acreage: 1.5

It’s dumping rain and the ankles of my jeans are getting wet from walking through soaked grass. But, I find myself lingering at Duwamish Waterway Park because this park is such a great surprise.

At the […]

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Commodore Park

January 11, 2010
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Location: Magnolia
Address: 3330 W. Commodore Way
Acreage: 3.9

There’s so much to see at Commodore Park on the very north side of Magnolia, just across from the Ballard Locks.

Today there’s a train slowly crossing the trestle overhead and a toddler and his dad […]

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