Michael & Elizabeth Fagin
Michael is a freelance travel writer for Foodista and is currently touring much of the US West Coast enjoying the wine country, and covering the fine wines, dining, and hiking in the region. Also covering British Columbia wine country and exploring the rain forests, coastal regions, and the mountains. While he is not writing Michael is the operational meteorologist for West Coast Weather, LLC and provides custom forecast for all outdoor events from weddings to climbing mountains (from Mt. Rainier to Mt. Everest) .
Elizabeth Fagin is a free-lance writer currently focusing on travel, food and wine, with her husband Michael. She has also written professionally for the Fresh Connections Blog - The Parfitt Way, which features points of interest and culture on Bainbridge Island, WA. She has been a Jewish Educator in the Seattle area for the last 25 years. Elizabeth and Michael live in Redmond, WA where they raised two kids and a number of cats.
Posts by Michael & Elizabeth Fagin
March 4, 2015
You can’t get higher on the West Coast for a view of the majestic mountains and glistening sun on Puget Sound than the Sky View Observatory at Columbia Center. Located in the heart of downtown...
February 20, 2015
Monsoon rains and desert warmth make great wine in Arizona. Yes, heavy rains can be common for early July to August. This Southwest Monsoon brings in warm humid air from the Gulf of Mexico and close...
January 9, 2015
A Fire Theater with pyrotechnics show and daredevil acrobatics prepared by Flam Chen - this was the welcome we had in Tucson at the 25th Annual All Souls Procession (Mexican ritual of honoring loved...
January 9, 2015
A January a visit to Vancouver, B.C. usually involves skiing at one of the many mountain venues: Whistler, Cypress, and Grouse. For the sports enthusiast there is ice hockey; Vancouver Canucks...
December 10, 2014
Seattle is well known for being a coffee connoisseur’s dream. Along with that big coffee company that everyone knows about we are home to any number of small specialty coffee shops. On a recent...
November 3, 2014
A little known fact is that Bordeaux and Seattle share similar climates: annual rainfall, proximity to the ocean that minimizes hard winter freezes and a mild autumn. However, a well-known fact is...
July 17, 2014
The 27th Annual Auction of Washington Wines gives you the opportunity of one day to three days to sample the amazing wines and food of Washington State. The fun starts August 14th with the Picnic...
April 10, 2014
19 inches of rainfall in 24 hours is the record for the west coast of Vancouver Island. Our goal was to drive to the rain shadow of Okanagan Valley (400 miles east of the coast), sample some wine and...
December 10, 2013
Amateur rugby to banking to winemaker. That is the typical path for a successful winemaker-right? Well, it is the path that Shannon Jones took in starting Hestia Cellars, located a short distance...
December 10, 2013
The Olympic Blow Down or The Big Blow! We were hoping for more of these epic storms which produced winds of up to 138 mph (strength of a category 3 hurricane) near Long Beach, Washington. The Long...
November 4, 2013
Neither Elvis Presley nor Bill Gates chose to eat at the SkyCity Restaurant located on top of the Seattle Space Needle. Elvis was here filming the movie “It Happened at the World’s...
November 4, 2013
The charming boutique Sorrento Hotel, located near downtown Seattle, is not a sleeper! However a little known fact is the movie Sleepless in Seattle was filmed at the Sorrento Hotel in the 1990...
August 13, 2013
It has been a long time since Bellevue was a sleepy, little suburb on the east shore of Lake Washington. Today, Bellevue is a bustling city-in-its-own-right. It is a center of arts, dining,...
