One Woman's Quest For The 100-Mile Lifestyle

Gelato at Vovito. Image AC.

Like many Seattleites, I’d frequently swished past Bellevue on Interstate 90, intent on a Cascades playground or the high desert of eastern Washington. But once I bothered to stop, I discovered the homegrown secrets the micropolis has been harboring behind the haute couture, computer code and home prices worthy of Zillow fights.

Let me introduce you to superlocal Bellevue. 

Read more of my story "Go Locavore: One Woman's Quest For The 100-Mile Lifestyle" in "The Bellevue Visitors Guide" (p 22-26).

Two-year-old Harin Kim picks blueberries at Mercer Slough, a city park with fields dating back to the 1940s. Image copyright www.amandacastleman.com.