Loaʻa NāʻAi'Amele Huakaʻi-a me nā Hiki ma Bellingham, Washington
I kou hoʻoukaʻana iā I-5 i ka palenaʻo Kanata mai Seattle ,ʻo ke kūlanakauhale nui loa loa e hele aiʻoeʻo Bellingham (ka heluna kanaka he 82,000), he kaona me ka'ōmaʻomaʻo kelepona ma Bellingham Bay, kahi lima o ke Kai Salish, ka mokupuni- ua piha i ke kino o ka wai e hoʻokaʻawale ana i ka'āina mai Vancouver Island a aiaʻo Puget Sound, ke Strait de Juan de Fuca, a me ka Strait of Georgia. Ināʻoe e hele ana i Bellingham ma ka moku (ʻo ia ka hopenaʻo 48 ke Alaska Ferry) aiʻole kaʻa paha,ʻo kēiaʻano kaiaulu e noho nei i ka hale kula āpau o ke Kulanui o Washington University a he kaulana i nāʻano waho a me nāʻuhane hanu,ʻaʻole hiki iāʻoe ke kōkua e hoʻomaopopo i ka pili pili o ke kaiāulu i ka wai.
ʻO kahi 90 mau minute wale nō ma ke kūkulu'ākau o Seattle a he 75 mau minuke hema ma ka hema hikina o Vancouver, BC (ʻo ka palenaʻo Kanata he 20 mile i ke kūkulu'ākau),ʻo Bellingham e hana i nā wahi hoʻokipa maikaʻi loa me nā mea noho o nā kūlanakauhaleʻelua. Mai kona kahakai, ua mālamaʻiaʻoe i kaʻike nui o nā mokupuniʻo San Juan , ma ke komohana o ke komohana. E nānā i ka hikina, aʻikeʻoe i ka piko o ka hau o 10,781 kapuaʻi kapuaʻi. ʻO Baker, kahi e noho nei i kahi o nā wahi ski ski kaulana. Ma waho aʻe o nā hoʻolāʻau pāʻani a me nā hoʻokele hoʻoloʻo, ua piha ka'āina me nā manawa e hele ai i ka holo a me ka hoʻokele.
Hiki iā Bellingham ke kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi e like me keʻano, akā,ʻoiaiʻo kekahi o kaʻoi aku o nā meaʻoluʻolu a me nā hana akamai i ka moku'āina, ua nui nā kānaka LGBT, a ua hiki iāʻoe ke hālāwai aku i kahi hui o nā kula āpau a me nā kī he nui loa , a me nā haleʻai e puni ana i ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO ke kūlanakauhale kahi o ka Bellingham Gay Pride i ka hopena o kēlā me kēia makahiki, aʻo Gay InsideOut, kahi kikowaena kaiaulu LGBTQ e lawelawe ana iā Bellingham a puniʻo Whatcom County, he mea kōkua lima.
ʻO ka hippest a me nā huʻi nui o kaʻaiʻana a me ka pahūʻana i ke kaonaʻo Bellingham pono, kahi e kauʻia ma nā alanuiʻo State a me Holly, a me Fairhaven maikaʻi, i hoʻokumuʻia he kūlanakauhale kūʻokoʻa i ka hopena o nā makahiki 1880 a he wahi maʻamau i ka hopena hema. o Bellingham.
ʻO Bellingham kahi home i kahi pā nui me nā mea nui loa e pili ana, Rumors Cabaret (1119 Railroad Ave., 360-671-1849), kahi nui, eclectic mokomoko me kahi pāʻani hula hula nui, kahi kiʻekiʻe, DJs e hoʻomaka ana i nā pule hebedoma e hōʻike i nā hōʻike a me nā hoʻolālā'ē aʻe, kahi wahi hoʻolālā me ka hoʻokipa hau a me nā hoʻololi'ē aʻe, a me kahi mau wahi likeʻole no ka hukiʻana a me ka hui pūʻana.
Hāʻawi ka "Rad" Throwback Thursdays i nā mele hula a he poʻe hele maikaʻi. Loaʻa kahi hola hauʻoli i ka hora 6 a hiki i ka 9 pm, ke ukuʻia nā mea inu waina maikaʻi loa i lalo. He kūleʻa nani loa ia no kahi kaiaulu o kēiaʻano nui.
Ma ke 'ano he mea hoʻonanea wale nō,ʻo Glow Nightclub (202 E. Holly St., 360-734-3305) he mau kau pume ma kekahi manawa a he meaʻokoʻa paha ma hope o ka pō. Pōʻakahi ma ka Pōʻalima, he wahi kaulana loa ia e hula ai i DJs. Loaʻa nā pō a me nā'ahamele mai nā manawa a me nā manawa.
ʻO kaʻaoʻao ma hope o ke kahakai,ʻo Boundary Bay Brewery (1107 Ke Alanui Alanui Ave, 360-647-5593)ʻo ia ke poʻokela o kaʻoihana ma waena o Bellingham i ka hoʻokomo wikiwikiʻana i nā kāpiliʻoihana a me nā kāpili. ʻO kēia wahi ola me ka pāpaʻi nui āpau a me ka piha o ka nohoʻoluʻolu i loko e hana i ka loli nui o nā'āpana hale -ʻo Scotch Ale,ʻo Imperial IPA (inā loaʻa) a me Dry Irish Stout a maikaʻi loa. Ināʻoe e pōloli, komoʻoe i loko o ka papaʻo nachos, heʻano pilikino Bavarianʻano kiʻekiʻe me ka pua puaʻa,ʻo ka pizza pīpī me ka pīpī i aloha nuiʻia, ka pizza pia-beve, a iʻole kekahi pahu o Moli kī kīkī i ka'ōmato-caramelized 'āhiʻeluʻa-ālika.
Nui nā kānaka eʻai nei ma mua o ko lākou neʻeʻana i ka Mokuna. ʻO Boundary Bay Brewery he mea maʻamau o Bellingham Gay Pride.
ʻO kekahi mau koho maikaʻi loa no nā mea pāʻani o ka pia pila e pili ana i kaʻopihi,ʻo Aslan Brewing (1330 N. Forest St., 360-778-2088), heʻano pōʻino, nā mea hoʻoheheʻeʻia (ʻo Ginger Rye Ale, Flagship IPA, a Cascadian Cascadian He mea weliweli nā pōʻeleʻele Lager). ʻO ka papa meaʻai ka mea eʻono ai i nāʻAmelika a me nā Mexiko, e like me ka'opena pīpī me ka pīpī a me ka'alapaka a me kaʻohi kalo, me ka mushroom gravy, ka'anana yam tacos, a me nā kālepa bison. E mālama i ka lumi no kahi kīʻaha nui o Cascadian Dark Lager e mālama i ka hau me ka Beer Barley Crunch a me nā'alemona. ʻO ka Hale Kūloko Kūloko (1427 Ke Alanui Ave., 360-306-3731) kekahi mea punahele loa i nā mea hoʻoʻani pia, e lawelawe ana i nā'āleʻa e kālepa mai i kahi mau kahu kūʻai maikaʻi a puni o ka'Ākaukai a me ka pālolo hoʻolaha hou hou.