May 1, 2015 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
There’s a special meetup spot and new walking route for our May 2015 Walk-n-Talk! Come join us. We’ll meet at the Recology Store Highline for a tour and introduction to the great things they’re doing and the “green” eco products they...
Apr 2, 2015 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
This Sunday, April 5th, the 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 exercise....
Mar 4, 2015 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
More than three and a half years since WABI Burien started the Walk-n-Talks, it’s heart-warming to see the growing community of folks that arrive on the first Sunday of each month. Some people are “regulars”; they’ve only missed a couple of...
Feb 26, 2015 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
The weatherman has promised us a sunny weekend, so let’s get out together for the March Walk-n-Talk! This month we’ll walk around the southern hilltop area of Gregory Heights, to the point where we can look out to a stunning view of Puget Sound and Mt....
Jan 28, 2015 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Last year, twenty-two “12th Man” Walk-n-Talkers had a brisk walk before the Super Bowl… and look what happened. The Seahawks won! Let’s do it again. Some may say, “Oh no… there’s no time for a walk. I’m gonna watch the...
Dec 29, 2014 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Number one prescription: “Walk!” After a season full of holiday celebrations and the start of a new year, you may have vowed to “get back on that exercise program!” Do your New Year’s resolutions include goals like “lose weight” and “get in...
Dec 3, 2014 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Have you toured Burien’s Mathison Park yet? This Sunday, December 7, the monthly Walk-n-Talk will begin at Burien Town Square and walk over to Mathison Park. WHEN: Sunday December 7; meet at 2:00 p.m., start walking at 2:15 p.m. Rain or shine. WHAT/WHO: This is...
Nov 2, 2014 | Art Walks, Featured, Other Local Walks, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
A rainy day still brought out 9 intrepid souls for November’s Post Halloween Candy Walk-n-Talk today. And what a discovery we made about halfway into our 2-and-a-quarter mile walk: we found a secret garden filled with sculpture, color, animal forms and every...
Oct 30, 2014 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Enjoyed the Halloween candy a little too much? Feeling cooped up with all the recent 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...
Oct 1, 2014 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Long ago, at the north edge of Burien, there were people building some very distinctive homes with stones and pebbles. Come with us on the October Walk-n-Talk to marvel at these stone wonders. In addition to walking and chatting with neighbors, one of the goals of the...
Sep 5, 2014 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
It’s walking time again. Let’s head north from Burien Town Square enjoying the last wisps of Summer while we stroll through Chelsea Park. The forecast is for a warm, sunny day! During past visits to the neighborhood, we found these scenic gems: Dottie...
Jul 27, 2014 | Art Walks, Featured, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
“Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees.” – Marcel Proust What is Public Art in Burien? It stands tall on a pedestal at your side, adds pattern and color to a painted wall and is embedded in the floor at your...
Jul 15, 2014 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
About a week ago, on July 6, nineteen WABI-ists gathered on a hot summer day in a shady spot in Gregory Heights. We walked through the neighborhood down the hill, then along the south-facing, sunrise portion of the Indian Trail to Three Tree Point, and the public...
Jul 1, 2014 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Many have asked for another Indian Trail Walk-n-Talk… so here it is, this Sunday, July 6th. One of Burien’s gems is the “Indian Trail”. This wandering, varied trail winds high above the shoreline strip of SW 172nd St. – the “Sunrise...
May 16, 2014 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
It’s time for a walk! (Isn’t it always time for a walk?) It’s fun. It gets you out of the house. You get the chance to talk to people you wouldn’t otherwise chat with. And it keeps you healthier. Join the other Walkers and Talkers for the June...
May 7, 2014 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Even with gray, foreboding skies, 15 of us showed up this past Sunday with smiles on our faces for a Walk-n-Talk in the rain! We could have been home, cozy, warm and dry, but we met up, instead, for a stroll and a chat. Decked out in rain gear, our spirits...
Apr 30, 2014 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
This Sunday, May 4, the monthly Walk-n-Talk will wander 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 exercise....
Mar 31, 2014 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
“I am one of many in a large tribe with multiple sclerosis,” says Jennifer Privette, a Burien resident. “The Pacific Northwest has one of the highest rates of MS in the world. I learned this quickly after my diagnosis when friends and family were...
Mar 2, 2014 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Pouring rain on a gray, ole day, 10 people and a pup showed up to go for a walk! Head-to-toe in rain gear, boots and even umbrellas (!), local folks didn’t let a little rain keep ’em inside, cozy by the fireplace. No! They brought their smiles, their...
Feb 26, 2014 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
So they’re predicting some snow for our first-Sunday-of-March Walk-n-Talk. That could be both amusing and beautiful. The walks are into their third year now, and we’ve surprisingly only had rain three or four times… but we’ve never had snow! Come...
Feb 2, 2014 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Maybe it was the bright, sunny day and the twenty-two “12th Man” walkers that nudged the Seattle Seahawks’ momentum in the right direction from all the way across the country… but we all scored VICTORY! (Could we have conceived of a more gorgeous day...
Jan 27, 2014 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Psyched for the Superbowl? Get pumped with a pre-game walk in town then “Cheer Local.” Stroll the streets with WABI and finish your walk in time to join a Superbowl crowd at one of the local eateries. TVs, big and blaring… game food and drink… and plenty...
Jan 5, 2014 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Must be the magic number: 61 walkers gathered again today to be inspired by Neurosurgeon, Dr. Michael Schlitt as he talked about the health benefits of walking. He asked some true-or-false questions, the answers to which were sometimes surprising, but always...
Dec 26, 2013 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Number one prescription: “Walk!” After a season full of holiday celebrations and the start of a new year, you may have vowed to “get back on that exercise program!” Do your New Year’s resolutions include goals like “lose weight” and “get in...
Nov 28, 2013 | Featured, Other Local Walks, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
It’s Walk-n-Talk time. It’s also Dog Park time. Let’s combine the two! Did you know that Burien is in the running for the 2013 Beneful Dream Dog Park $500,000 Makeover Contest? We’re the only finalist in Washington State! Until December 5, you...
Nov 1, 2013 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
It’s time for a walk! (Isn’t it always time for a walk?) It’s fun. It gets you out of the house. You get the chance to talk to people you normally wouldn’t chat with. And it keeps you healthier. Join the other Walkers and Talkers for the...
Oct 4, 2013 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
After a luxuriously long, sunny, dry summer, we’re now full into Autumn with rain, gray and cold. But! The weatherman has promised us a few days of sunshine, so let’s get out in it together for October’s Walk-n-Talk! This month, on Walk-n-Talk...
Aug 28, 2013 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
This Sunday, September 1st, the 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...
Aug 12, 2013 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Come join us for the kickoff walk of the WABI Weekday Walkers, on August 21st at 9:00 am. We’ll explore Seahurst Park before it closes down in September for a major salmon restoration project. Date: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 Time: Meet at 8:45 am. Walk...
Aug 6, 2013 | Art Walks, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
If ever there were a beautiful day for a Burien Public Art Walk-n-Talk, it was this last Sunday, August 4. Twenty people gathered on a sunny afternoon at the Burien Community Center Annex, near the skate park, to begin the walking tour of Burien’s Public Art....
Jul 23, 2013 | Art Walks, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
“Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees.” – Marcel Proust What is Public Art in Burien? It stands tall on a pedestal at your side, adds pattern and color to a painted wall and is embedded in the floor at your...
Jul 3, 2013 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Fourth of July weekend is full of hustle and bustle, but maybe you’d just like a walk in the park? Ahh, shady trails, quiet conversation and a babbling brook sound pretty nice after the “rockets’ red glare and bombs bursting in air”. For our...
May 31, 2013 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
It’s time for a walk! (Isn’t it always time for a walk?) It’s fun. It gets you out of the house. You get the chance to talk to people you normally wouldn’t chat with. And it keeps you healthier. Join the other Walkers and Talkers for the June...
May 5, 2013 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Today was the month of May’s first Sunday and, therefore, a Walk-n-Talk day. And, oh, what a walking day it was! Sunny. Blue sky. Warm temp. Dry paths. And a group of faces that are more familiar every month. Twenty-one people showed up to start at an elevation...
Apr 27, 2013 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Care to walk through a wooded ravine, bright green with spring? This Sunday, May 5, our Walk-n-Talk will start at the top of the hill and walk down the service road to the Marine Science Center at the north end of Seahurst Beach. The road winds down toward the water...
Apr 8, 2013 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
If ever there were a day to wear rain slickers and carry bumbershoots, today was it! It POURED on us… and we laughed the whole way. We had so much fun that when we finished our walk, back at Town Square Park, we continued to stand there in the rain, talking. We had a...
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 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...
