Press worth rereading--Come for the day, stay for a lifetime~

I was reminded today of an article that ran in the Seattle Times last November, inviting people to hop the ferry and spend a day enjoying a walking, eating, drinking and shopping tour of downtown Winslow, the main village of Bainbridge Island. Click here for link to Times' article.

The amazing thing is how often people come for the day and decide that something about Bainbridge Island feels like home. It happened to me in 1995, when the ferry pulled into Eagle Harbor and I told my husband and sons they could just leave me here--I was home. It took a few years to make that my reality, but the island has been our home since early 1999.

This article calls Winslow an "urban hamlet," and "small-town America." It's fun when you live here to look at ourselves as others see us. Most of the information in the article is reliable. Nothing is static, especially in an economic downturn. The tea house and wine bar are gone, but new places have sprung up. The KiDiMu children's museum has temporarily moved, but it's going into a new development closer to the ferry. The ariticle doesn't mention Churchmouse Yarns and Teas, which is my favorite place to send visitors--people from all over the country make pilgrimages to the shop, and even non-knitters will love it.

If you find yourself in Seattle, I invite you to catch the ferry, come on over, take a walk, have a beer at the Pub, or a latte and pastry at any one of several bakeries. Give me a call (206) 713-7134, if Bainbridge begins to feel like home. We can share stories about how that has happened to most of us living here now.