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Another fun Saturday evening run, a long and scenic run in the familiar Discovery park, among tall trees, beaches, trails and varying inclines. We slowly walked back to where the run started, the bus stop. A good 15 minutes of wait for the next bus meant some time to look around, to notice things that were left unnoticed in the earlier trips. Every bus stop in Seattle displays the bus number, end destination and the schedule of the bus. While we were checking for the arrival time of the next bus on the steel pole, we noticed a metal plate glistening below the printed schedule of the bus. On looking more closely, we realized that it was something we had never observed before. On the metal plate was inscribed the story about about the origin of Magnolia along with the map of the place. This story pole that we saw is one of the three story poles of Magnolia. Reading the story pole we found out how Magnolia got it’s name.  Can you believe, that is the result of a...

First day in Seattle, we walked through the neighborhood trying to find a grocery store with the help of Google Maps. We walked through Seattle Center watching Space Needle with childlike excitement. A few days after moving to Seattle we were all set to resume running. We planned to use running as a medium to explore different places in Seattle. We ran in Kinnear Park, Kerry Park, Olympic Sculpture park and lower Queen Anne. Our favorite running destination turned out to be the beautiful Discovery park where we started going regularly on weekends using Sound Transit bus service for commutation. Our plan was to cover the circumference of the park, through the various levels of vegetation from dark thick dense forest to the smaller trees and bushes and finally to the rocks and the sandy shores of the Puget Sound. Discovery park: 534 acres on the shores of Puget Sound. View of Puget Sound from Discovery Park Light House in Discovery park Queen Anne Hike : As we like to ...

We came across a Facebook group where people give things for free to help out people. My husband Raj joined the group. As he was checking the page he saw a lady giving a decoration piece, a frog in a Yoga pose with the text ‘Find peace’ engraved on it. As I am a yoga enthusiast, my husband felt that it was perfect for me. So he contacted Belinda, the lady who was giving the frog to know if she would be willing to give it to us. If so when would it be an appropriate time to collect it from her. She messaged us the location to meet her and gave us pointers on how to identify her. As we are new to the city it took us sometime to figure out where exactly to wait for her. In the mean time I saw a lady coming out of a building nearby matching exactly her description. So I went running towards her and said hello. She gave us a warm greeting and asked us to come in the lobby. Then with a childlike enthusiasm she said, “I have the frog in my pocket” and with a swift mov...