Morgan FraserAubrey Dickinson calls herself a mix of sweet and sassy, and anyone who frequents Little Red’s Espresso and Bakery is likely to agree. The Lake Wenatchee native spent time living in Los Angeles before deciding she wanted to move back to the mountains. “I like to make cookies and coffee, so I decided to make my own job.” Aubrey put together a business plan and it became Little Red’s Bakery…
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Summer is winding down, but that doesn’t mean there’s less to do in Wenatchee. There’s still a full line up of happy hours and live music for those of us who want a fun night (or day) out. Here are some of the seasonal and year-round happy hours and live music options in Wenatchee, plus some one-time events that are worth putting on the calendar. Happy Hours South's Basil Margarita…
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Jaana HattonIn April 2016, Joseph Downs stood on his bare ten-acre property in East Wenatchee with tiny lavender starts in his hands. The six-foot eight-inch tall former basketball player had some back-breaking work ahead of him with his new lavender farm to-be. Now, in 2019, the Lavender Estates is a vast field of purple with forty-five variants of lavender nicely established. Altogether, there are one-hundred and seventy-five of variants of lavender…
Read MoreLooking for some fun to pair with your wine this month? Check out these events at local Wenatchee and East Wenatchee wineries and tasting rooms. The Wenatchee area is chock full of live music, wine pairing dinners, happy hours and other great events, many within downtown, so you can walk to restaurants or stroll along the river on your night out. Not sure which winery or wine you’ll like the…
Read MoreWhen Susan Blair moved to Wenatchee from Seattle in 2013, she soon began to miss one thing: an outlet to share and enjoy poetry. She looked high and low to find a group or a place for this genre of writing, but without luck. Blair came to Wenatchee upon retirement and was able to fully immerse herself into her passion for poetry. As for her background, she graduated from Middlebury…
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Jerri BarkleyGuest post by David@biketrainerworld.com Challenges make life more interesting. As a bike riding enthusiast, aimless cycling gets boring fast and so does biking with your buddies in the neighborhood. A time will come when you will want to go big—like try a century ride. This is no small ride. You will be cycling a whole 100 miles (160.9 kilometers) in one day. As a first-timer, your main concern is making…
Read MoreDave Quick calls Badger Mountain Brewing his second midlife crisis. If only all midlife crises included serving beer and food to the Wenatchee Valley. After a career in real estate development and construction, Dave Quick bought a gun shop. “That was my first midlife crisis,” he says. He’d been a home brewer for more than 20 years and decided to open a brewery instead of retiring. Dave & Galen “It’s…
Read MoreIt started out in 2004 with five guys in Wenatchee who loved mountain biking. Now, fifteen years later, there are five hundred members in the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance and a twelve-man board. The organization seems to be on the right track. Leavenworth’s Ski Hill has several trails for mountain bikers, at various skill levels. A Mission of Respect and Love for the Outdoors Travis Hornby, the President of Evergreen…
Read MoreThe Wenatchee area offers many different kinds of habitats for birds, from waterfowl to bald eagles. The city has a diverse selection of natural environments: lush riparian growth along the river which slowly dries and thins out into sagebrush; their inhabitants are numerous. Birding in Wenatchee and in Leavenworth Susan Ballinger leads free guided bird walks in Wenatchee and in Leavenworth. With her advanced degrees in Biology and Education and…
Read MoreWenatchee artist and educator, Terry Valdez, has come full circle in his life in terms of South Wenatchee. It is where his family first settled in the 1950’s upon their move from New Mexico and after many a turn during his 70 years, it is again the part of the city Valdez embraces. Where is South Wenatchee? The city of Wenatchee splits into its north and south sections at Orondo…
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