Our favorite things to do in and around PT (not in any particular order):

Take in some live music while drinking the world's best and freshest beer at PT Brewing

Catch a movie and eat delicious popcorn at The Rose Theatre

See a play at Key City Players or Paradise Theater School

Take our dogs for a long walk on the beach at North Beach, Fort Worden, Marrowstone Island, or Eby Beach (Whidbey Island)

Catch fresh Dungeness Crab, dig clams and pick oysters just minutes from home then have a feast with friends

Laugh and converse over cocktails at Galatea, Meza Luna at the Silverwater Cafe, Sirens, Manresa Castle, Waterstreet Brewing

Spend a weekend listening to hot, internationally-known musicians at the annual Jazz Port Townsend and PT Country Blues Festivals

Screen a BUNCH of films at the Port Townsend Film Festival

Check out the Pet Parade, Bed Race, and Rhody Parade (all part of the week-long (Rhododendron Festival)

Enjoy a large pizza and bottle of wine while listening to live Jazz at Lanza's

Stop in for a few quick items at the Port Townsend Food Co-op and end up chatting for an hour

Spend Saturday morning coordinating weekend activity calendars with friends at the PT Farmer's Market

Gobble down a fresh panini roll that Frank d'Amore just pulled out of the oven at Pane d'Amore Bakery

Buy a whole salmon right off the boat from Rick Oltman of Cape Cleare Salmon

Breathlessly hike Mount Townsend and take in the views of Mt. Ranier, Mt. Baker and (sometimes) Mt. St Helens from the top

Art, entertainment, outdoor adventures, food, beer...PT has it all!
Forget about all the guidebooks you may have read describing Port Townsend (locals call it "PT") as a "lovely Victorian Seaport." If you are interested in this property then you, like us, probably are not really into the whole Victorian thing. Of course there are many lovingly restored historic buildings, homes, and bed & breakfasts (including a Victorian Festival) but it is everything else that brought most of us here.

When I think of PT the words that come to mind are funky, artsy, fun, at times whacky and always beautiful. The town, the mountains (Cascades AND Olympics), the beaches, and perhaps most importantly the people are all beautiful. It's a truly special place where you can still sit at a lunch counter in the local pharmacy, buy bread from a local bakery, beer from local breweries, fish from local fisherman, coffee from local roasters–all of it not just local, but AMAZINGLY good! You can go to a play, see a movie at perhaps the best theater in the entire country, stay out late dancing to live music, walk the beaches, hike in the Olympics, kayak in the straits and just about everything in between.

PT is not like any place else. It has held onto, and continues to develop its own unique personality. It has (so far) successfully resisted the chain and big-box stores that have created a "sameness" is most of the rest of the country. The bumper sticker that you are most likely to see in PT really says it best: "We're all here because we're not all there."

There are so many things to do in PT we could write a book about it. Instead, we'll provide you with a short list of our favorite places and activities (at left) along with a few links to sites where you can get an overview of our fair city.

Here are a just few sites that might help you get an overview of the PT experience:

Wikipedia: Port Townsend

PTGuide.com

YouTube: Port Townsend

Newspaper: PT Leader