Apr 3, 2013 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
It’s walking time again. Let’s head north from Burien Town Square to see how Spring is springing in Chelsea Park. The last time we visited the neighborhood, we found these scenic gems: Dottie Harper Park, Burien Community Garden, white-painted tree trunks,...
Mar 11, 2013 | Featured, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, Walking, Walking Event
Welcome to B-Town D.O.G. aka Burien Dog Owners Group For more B-Town D.O.G. information, click here. Events Coming up: Burien wants to talk DOGS! Wed. Mar 13, 2013 7pm St. Bernadettes Parish Hall Join the Burien Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and staff for a dog...
Mar 11, 2013 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Walking
Get ready. There’s something exciting coming to town. We WABI-ists have been fussing behind the scenes for months now, planning something so big that it will extend from one end of the city to the other. (Pretty fabulous! Just sayin’…) This will make both...
Mar 5, 2013 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Sunday’s Walk-n-Talkers could not have dreamed of a more charmed day to stroll the neighborhood streets. The skies were blue. The air was fresh and cool. Throughout the neighborhood and all over town people were out riding bikes, walking, mowing lawns and...
Mar 1, 2013 | Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Have an idea for a Walk-n-Talk route? Please help us find our local hidden gems, best seen on two feet. Walking is a way to discover things never seen while behind the wheel. A new world opens up. Where do YOU like to walk? Each month a route is selected for the...
Mar 1, 2013 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
This Sunday, March 3, the 20th monthly Walk-n-Talk will tackle some of the westward-facing hills of the Seahurst neighborhood of Burien. Every month since August 2011, neighbors and Burien city visitors have gathered, walked and talked for fun, conversation and...
Feb 11, 2013 | Featured, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, Walking, Walking Event
Walkers arrived at Burien’s Eagle Landing Park on Saturday, enthusiastic about walking down the 289 stairs… and then back up again. This was just one of the 15 Seattle Stairway Walks featured all over Seattle and nearby cities. The walk was a Feet First event...
Feb 3, 2013 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
So what if it’s Super Bowl Sunday! Thirty-five people and four dogs still showed up to go for a walk with neighbors and strangers, chatting all the way. The afternoon was dry and in the low 40s and just fine for the almost 2-and-a-half-mile loop from Burien Town...
Feb 1, 2013 | Featured, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, Walking, Walking Event
Twenty “Walking Ambassadors” got in a huddle last night to plan for the Seattle Stairways Walks coming up on Saturday, February 9. (Read full coverage HERE.) Walkers met at the Pioneer Square offices of the Feet First organization. Representing WABI...
Jan 30, 2013 | Featured, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, Walking, Walking Event
On Saturday, February 9, WABI Burien is walking with the Feet First event, Seattle Stairway Walks. With a mix of urban history and lore, Seattle Stairway Walks uncover the blooms and birds of Seattle’s greenspaces, the legacy of the city’s neighborhood...
Jan 30, 2013 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Feeling cooped up during winter’s dark, gray days of rainfall? Get out for a walk! Have a nice chat with other local folks. Get some fresh air and chase the doldrums away. (And if you have your pedometer, come see how many steps you can log toward your daily...
Jan 6, 2013 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Walkers poured in today to the first floor meeting room at the Burien Library/City Hall, for a brief talk followed by a 2.5 mile walk, January’s special “Walk-n-Talk-with-a-Doc.” In spite of an almost-assured downpour, 61 eager people gathered to...
Jan 4, 2013 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walking
by Maureen Hoffmann, WABI Burien President Small steps. That’s all it takes to start a walking program toward greater health and a sense of well-being. For just the cost of comfortable walking shoes and a little time, you can go for a walk, get the kinks out,...
Jan 2, 2013 | Art Walks, Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Count, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Our new year is starting out with some beautiful days to get out on two feet and two wheels! Blue skies, sunshine and brisk, fresh air. Time for a nice walk or a ride. Happy New Year to all the WABI-ists… all of you that are involved or interested in WABI Burien,...
Dec 26, 2012 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
January Special: Walk-n-Talk-with-a-Doc Do your New Year’s resolutions include goals like “lose weight”, “get in shape”, “exercise more”? Do you wonder how to begin? On Sunday, January 6, 2013, WABI Burien will help you start your year off right by offering a special...
Dec 2, 2012 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
We got drenched! Five of us rain-slicker-clad walkers headed out from Burien Town Square, hunkered in a doorway, into the downpour, undaunted by the deluge. We took advantage of the awnings and overhangs as we walked along the south side of 152nd, and marveled at the...
Nov 28, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Health & Well-Being, Other Local Walks, Walking, Walking Event
Our friends at America Walks are planning to kick off a new webinar series on Thursday, Nov. 29 studying ways people can support walking programs at the state, tribal and local levels. The first webinar, “Data and Resources to Propel Local Walking Programs and...
Nov 28, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Walking
Later this month, the Washington State Transportation Commission will conduct a new statewide survey on transportation taxation options, priorities and other topics utilizing over 17,000 Washington State residents who are part of the Voice Of Washington State (VOWS)...
Nov 28, 2012 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Will we be walkin’ and talkin’ and singin’ in the rain? (Isn’t that what galoshes and bumbershoots are for?) Incredibly, every Walk-n-Talk for the last 16 months, we’ve had dry weather. (Except that on one walk day it started drizzly and...
Oct 30, 2012 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
November’s Walk-n-Talk will be a “special edition” collaboration between WABI and the Burien Library. We’ll meet in the main lobby of the library at 2:00 (NOT Town Square’s grassy knoll) and enjoy perusing the walking resources gathered...
Oct 4, 2012 | Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
ALERT: WE’VE CHANGED THE MEETUP PLACE FOR THE NORTH SEATAC PARK WALK-N-TALK THIS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7! We will meet on the grassy slope near the restrooms above the large parking lot at the north end of the park. See the revised map below. DIRECTIONS: Approach the park...
Oct 3, 2012 | Featured, Other Local Walks, Walking, Walking Event
Burien, October 3, 2012 – The morning air was crisp, the skies clear as over 100 folks from all walks of life gathered at Burien Town Square Park on Saturday, September 29 to raise funds – and awareness – for Hospitality House, a shelter for homeless women in our...
Oct 2, 2012 | Featured, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
ALERT: WE’VE CHANGED THE MEETUP PLACE FOR THE NORTH SEATAC PARK WALK-N-TALK! We will meet on the grassy slope near the restrooms above the large parking lot at the north end of the park. See the revised maps below. DIRECTIONS: Approach the park entrance by...
Sep 25, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Count, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured, Walking, Walking Event
Bike/Ped count day number one got started today with overcast skies, but ended with sunshine and bright blue overhead. “WABI-ist” counting volunteers showed up at their designated intersections around Burien for their two-hour shifts. A total of...
Sep 17, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Count, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured, Walking
The Annual Bicycle and Pedestrian Count will be taken at locations throughout Washington State in nearly 40 jurisdictions, including Burien. Data collected from these counts will be used to monitor success in increasing bicycle and pedestrian travel as identified in...
Sep 3, 2012 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
The day couldn’t have been more perfect for an afternoon stroll through the neighborhoods: blue sky overhead, sunshine and just-right-cool air. Yesterday, on Sunday the 2nd, 10 of us met on the grassy knoll in Burien Town Square for the September Walk-n-Talk. We...
Aug 29, 2012 | Featured, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Let’s walk Chelsea Park again! We walked and talked along this route 6 months ago at the beginning of March when it was chilly and heavy jackets were welcomed. (Read that story and see the huddled walkers here.) Since then, the weather has changed and we likely...
Aug 23, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walking
Pro Walk/Pro Bike® 2012: Pro Place is the leading international conference on walking, bicycling, and creating great communities through Placemaking. Register today to take advantage of the best rate and the conference’s more than 100 program sessions, mobile...
Aug 12, 2012 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Other Local Walks, Walking, Walking Event
11th Annual WALK FOR THE WOMEN, September 29, 2012 Have fun, win prizes and do good. The walk is an easy two miles through the heart of Burien to benefit homeless women. Here’s the plan: 1. Pre-registration fee: $20. Day of walk fee: $25… 2. Registration starts at...
Jul 23, 2012 | Featured, Other Local Walks, Uncategorized, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
We’ve been walkin’ and talkin’ together for a year now. Wow… How very cool. Think back on the people you’ve met and the conversations you’ve had… the things you’ve seen because you were on foot instead of behind the wheel… Think of...
Jun 26, 2012 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Rain or shine, chilly or bright, we will not be kept from our Walk-n-Talk! If we waited for the weather to make up its mind, we could wait a while. So let’s walk on Sunday, July 1 for our TWELFTH monthly Walk-n-Talk! This will complete our first full year of...
Jun 18, 2012 | Health & Well-Being, Other Local Walks, Walking, Walking Event
Our Walk Tacoma series is back by popular demand! The North Waterfront to Theater District Walk this Friday, June 22 is the next in the Walk Tacoma 2012 series. Celebrate the summer solstice by getting out and enjoying the fresh air (we won’t promise sunshine…). No...
Jun 5, 2012 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
On Sunday, June 3, a perfectly “June-uary” day, 35 people gathered in the southwest corner of Gregory Heights, ready for a Walk-n-Talk along the historic Indian Trail. Local Artist/Author/Historian, Pam Harper led the group from the upper trail head, down...
May 30, 2012 | Featured, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
One of Burien’s little gems is the “Indian Trail”. This wandering, varied trail winds high above the shoreline strip of SW 172nd St. – the “Sunrise Trail” – and then, from Three Tree Point northward, parallels Maplewild Ave....
May 29, 2012 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, Walking, Walking Event
What is National Trails Day® and Why Celebrate NTD? National Trails Day® is a celebration of trails that evolved from the report of President Ronald Reagan’s President’s Commission on Americans Outdoors. In 1987, the report recommended that all Americans...
May 7, 2012 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
The sun shone on the shoulders of 26 walkers (and 2 pooches) yesterday as they chatted their way fromBurien Town Square over to Mathison Park. We had English, Spanish and Japanese native speakers mixing and mingling along the way on our 10th monthly Walk-n-Talk....
May 3, 2012 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
The last time we walked to Mathison Park was in Wintertime on the December 2011 Walk-n-Talk. Let’s check it out in the Springtime to see how it’s changed! This Sunday, May 6, we’ll meet at Burien Town Square at our usual 2:00. The 2.1 mile route...
Apr 30, 2012 | Art Walks, Health & Well-Being, Other Local Walks, Walking, Walking Event
Come and celebrate Art Education Month! This Thursday, May 3rd, is the Student Art Walk in Downtown Burien, 5:00-8:00pm, along SW 152nd from 4th-10th SW. Performances, art in the businesses…don’t miss it! FOR INFO: www.BurienParks.net • 206-988-3700 CLICK HERE FOR...
Apr 23, 2012 | Other Local Walks, Walking, Walking Event
CROP Hunger Walks help children and families worldwide – and right here in the U.S. – to have food for today, while building for a better tomorrow. Our local efforts are making a huge difference… and you are part of it! Date: May 6, 2012 Location: Des Moines...
Apr 19, 2012 | Art Walks, Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
We’re on a roll! We’re up and running (or walking, at least). We, at WABI Burien, made our official announcement today letting the local world know that we’re stirring things up to create a rich walk/bike community. We sent out our Press Release and...
