Since one of my favorite parts of working in real estate is helping connect newcomers to the community with lots of great places in the area, I thought I would write about some of my favorite places. I would love to get your comments about your own personal favorites as well!
Favorite local restaurants would have to include Gardners (great for special occasions, with yummy seafood and pasta dishes, all very fresh and tasty - & leave room , if you can, for their wonderful desserts!); Ricardo's (great Italian food and wine); Casa Mia (more great Italian food and pizzas - & a salad with house dressing that is our family's favorite); Budd Bay Cafe and Olympia Oyster House for nice waterfront meals - located where you can stroll along the boardwalk to check out boats before or after your meal, too; Dirty Dave's Pizza Parlor ( a longtime family favorite for casual meals with some really great pizza choices - did you know that cashews on pizza are delicious?!); Meconi's (for really good sub sandwiches!) - of course this is making me hungry & it isn't even quite lunch time yet!
Some favorite places to visit or take guests to the area - the State Capital campus (educational plus some lovely gardens and a fountain); the entire waterfront area with boardwalk for strolling, several good restaurants and fun stores, an awesome Farmer's Market, Batdorf and Bronson coffee tasting room etc; and waterfront includes Capital Lake with a very entertaining fountain to play in on a hot day, the Kissing Couple statue (yes, you need to take a picture with it) and the Fourth Avenue bridge walkway where you can view salmon coming home to spawn. Another wonderful place to see the salmon is Tumwater Falls Park where you can take the path along the Deschutes River to see the salmon coming up the fish ladders - I don't know how they can do it, but they do! Another "don't miss" place is the Hands on Children's Museum - lots of fun for kids of all ages!
And we are lucky to have parks galore, including a number of ones which have trails down to the saltwater beach as well as room to play and picnic - don't miss Priest Point Park, Burfoot. Watershed Park, McLane Nature trail, and the Woodard Bay Nature Preserve at the end of one stretch of our glorious walking trail network (miles and miles where you can walk yourself and/or your dog, bicycle, roller skate or roller blade safely away from car traffic with nature all around you!).
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