Aug 4, 2014 | Art Walks, Featured, Parks & Trails, Walking, Walking Event
There were 10 of us on the Public Art Walk-n-Talk yesterday, August 3, 2014, launching our FOURTH YEAR of Walk-n-Talks! We haven’t missed a single month in three years. We’ve had as few as 5 of us in the pouring rain, and as many as 65 of us starting the...
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 2, 2014 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
Be part of the great stream of bikes glinting in the sunlight as Burien bikers pedal to work or school on Burien Bike Day, Friday, May 16. WABI Burien will be hosting a Bike Commuter Station that day from 6 am to 9 am, at Town Square Park, about a block from the...
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 4, 2014 | Bike Racks, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured, Health & Well-Being
WABI Burien is pleased that our new bike racks were listed as one of “Ten Great Things Happening in Washington State” by the Washington D.C.-based organization, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. The following is an excerpt from the article written by Amy...
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 30, 2014 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
Join the WABI Weekday Walkers for a brisk walk of four Burien parks on Wednesday, February 19 at 9:15 . We’ll walk through Dottie Harper Park and Mathison Park, which both feature paved walking trails. (Bonus! Mathison is a mere two blocks and 10 feet elevation...
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...
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 4, 2013 | Cycling, Featured
Yesterday, after we sunny-day Walk-n-Talkers had made our loop around Lake Burien and returned to Burien Town Square Park, we met two cyclists that had gone by bike to cast their votes in the Ballot Drop Box. “Bike-to-Vote”! If you haven’t cast your...
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...
Sep 4, 2013 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Other Local Walks, Walking, Walking Event
12th Annual WALK FOR THE WOMEN, Saturday, September 28, 2013 Have fun, win prizes and do good. The walk is an easy two miles through the heart of Burien to benefit homeless women. IF YOU’D LIKE TO JOIN A WABI TEAM OF WALKERS, BEING PART OF THE FUN AND...
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....
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 9, 2013 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured
Friday, May 17th is “National Bike to Work Day”, but WABI has declared it “Burien Bike Day”. We want to encourage local folks to choose pedal-power not just for their commuting when possible, but also for fun and exercise. In support of the...
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 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,...