Bellingham is a place I know a thing or two about—after all, I attended college in this Pacific Northwest town—but a lot has changed since I moved from Bellingham to Denver in 2000. For one thing, there are a lot more breweries in town (11 to be exact) and a wonderful new hotel. The 17-room Heliotrope Hotel opened in spring of 2017 in the beautiful Columbia neighborhood of Bellingham, Washington. The property, formerly the Lions Inn built in the 1950s, did not fit the needs of a modern traveler and didn’t fit into the overall ambiance of the area which is steps away from Elizabeth Park, one of Bellingham’s many charming neighborhood gathering spots. Read full the story here.
