Coming up from Olympia next week for four fabulous days. Staying at the Commander's Beach House which I just love! I always arrive mid-week and I realize many restaurants are only open Thurs - Sun. Recommendations for plant-based cuisine?

Hey folks, I work in downtown PT and a woman came in to hand out a flyer raising awareness for an apparent Proud Boys rally being planned for Saturday the 3rd? Does anyone know anything about this? I don’t really wanna be downtown if it’s gonna blow up.

This weekend there is a music festival happening in port Townsend called Thing. There is food, dance, crafts, and live music. I have two tickets for saturday (just a day pass). I can no longer go so i’m selling the tickets. Please let me know if your interested!! thank you

My partner and I are coming up to celebrate our anniversary in PT and go to the THING music festival. We’d love to have a very fancy dinner one of the nights. Anyone have a recommendation or two for the highest end restaurant(s) in town? Open to all types of food. Thanks!

I'm stuck at work tonight, so couldn't get any news about the scumbags who decided to pay our town a visit. Hoping everyone is safe.

Anyone attend the council meeting they said they were going to crash and disrupt?

Hello! I am visiting Port Townsend for the first time later this month. I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations of good locations to see tide pools? Especially in the Fort Worden area. Thank you!

Hi All!

I will be visiting Port Townsend next week for the first time and was wondering if you all had good suggestions for organic/local restaurants or places to get food in the area! Thank you

My husband and I are here for a week and we would really like to do some shore fishing. Is there anywhere we can rent some fishing equipment around here? If not Port Townsend, some other nearby towns are fine with us too.

I'm heading out to ride a good chunk of the ODT tomorrow and I'm curious if there is a good place to park my car for the day I'll be gone. I'll head out tomorrow (8/3) in the morning, camp near Lake Crescent and then ride back the following day (8/4). Thanks for the advice!

Hello everyone! (We already search in Fb group <Jefferson County WA Rentals> and Craigslist, just expanding our options) My wife & I are looking for a 2+ bedroom house, apartment or a room for at least a 1 year period in Port Townsend or near. (Short term works too) Our price range is around $2000 per month (flexible). No kids, no pets, no smoking. We're reliable, tidy & responsible tenants!

The bozos who run local government in Jefferson County who ostensibly allow burning on hot/ driest days of summer are going to meet bankruptcy when some rich guy’s property goes poof 🔥 and such rich guy can afford good lawyers who can easily prove these local officials breached their highest legal duty of care to which the law holds them.

Calling it now.

You could get 4 figure fines by Cal Fire of APCB if this was California

My brother and sister-in-law have tickets to THING Festival at Fort Worden State Park that they will no longer be able to use do to a recent change in job. If anyone is interested in attending please send me a message. The tickets were $420 each with all fees through Ticketmaster, would love to sell as a pair to some fellow music lovers.

Hey I live out in Oly I actually hate was looking for somewhere else I’ve been to PT a few times think it’s cute as fuck BUT I’ve been s seeing that no one can find affordable rent What’s it like in PT Is it gonna crash soon because they can’t get new people in or what?

I'm wondering if anyone has some good recommendations for access to some quiet, undeveloped areas of water to put in a couple of kayaks and a place to park our car that is within 35 miles of Port Townsend. I really don't like the big boat ramps we're finding... everything is so exposed!

My partner is from PT, and we are getting married there. Our venue is near a shooting range apparently, and our 90lb chocolate lab mix won't enjoy that, so unfortunately we're looking for a place for her to stay for 2 days. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks so much!

Edit it is open . The reason I wondered is because there web site said they were closed because of Covid however it had not been updated since 2020:

I grew up in Brinnon and Port Townsend but had to move away on account of parents' work just before I turned 18. I originally intended to move back, but life got in the way. Then I intended to visit and life continued to get in the way. Now I'm finally able to make the trip, but need some guidance. We'll be in or around town for about a week.

I know I'm returning as a tourist, and I don't want to be the oblivious tourist, so, first question:

How is crime? I want to drive through my old neighborhood and point out houses, but don't want to look like I'm casing people's places. Would that cause much concern? I don't intend to stop or try to access any properties, I just want to point.

Other questions:

We're planning on coming up for the Wooden Boat Festival (if it's happening). I know that's about the worst weekend to do it, but wooden boats and sailing were a huge part of my life. With that in mind, are there yurts or small campground cabins anywhere within 30-45 minutes? I know hotels are likely either booked or premium rates.

Best restaurants still around from the 90s or before? Current best restaurant for fresh seafood? Best vegan restaurant? Best way to see what kind of nightlife stuff might be happening around town?

That's about all I can think of that's of concern, we're mostly planning on wandering town. Any other advice, ideas, cautions would be welcome and appreciated.

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And thank you all!

Hey guys,

I lived on the Peninsula for 16 years and somehow never learned that Frank Herbert, creator of the Dune novels and world, lived in Port Townsend for a period of time and actually wrote some of the Dune books there. I was curious if anyone knows of any cool Herbert sites or anything in the area that may be related. Does anyone know where he lived while he was there?

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Thank you for your help!

My boyfriend and I recently moved just down the road from Center Cemetery on the outskirts of Chimacum. We visited today - I’m a spiritual person and like to say hello - and though it’s beautiful, we found it in some disrepair. Does anyone have any information on who owns the land? We’re interested in starting a personal project, cleaning the graves and trimming the plants, etc. Should we contact the city first?

UPDATE 2/15/22: I visited again today and it looks like some of the stones have been cleaned! Glad to see it, and wonder who else is interesting in preserving this lovely place.

I’ve been trying to get propane delivered to my house for a few weeks now.

Both Sunshine and Jefferson Propane seem to be non-existent. They promise they will call me back to schedule something but they never do.

Any other options around here?

What is up with Jefferson PUD. Seems like there was a big outage in PT maybe once every year or so. And there's been three in the last three months, with two of them in the last ten days. Wind storms are not unusual around here. And sure the snow is not common, but it's not rare either. Something seems wrong...

Hi! My husband and I are deciding between Port Townsend and Port Angeles for our move. Currently live in Seattle, ages in our 30s. Love both cities immensely. We want to choose the place where it will be easier to make friends and find community. Work remotely so employments not an issue, and both cities are affordable for us. We are relatively shy and introverted. We enjoy spirituality (the occult), reading, music (making and listening), good conversations. We are pregnant and would like to meet other young families. We have been to both cities a million times and love them both. We'd love to be nearer to Lake Crescent by living in PA, but we have concerns about how it might be difficult to break into the social scene in PA as progressive/liberal shy introverts who are not locals. Any thoughts would be welcome -- particularly from those who are familiar with the social life and communities of PA and PT, how people make friends in those areas and how newcomers enter the social life of the community. Side note we do not drink so bar life is not our thing.

Hi, curious to know what is open downtown this week with the snow and what the conditions are. Thanks