WHIDBEY ISLAND AND THE TOWN OF LANGLEY

"Islomania is a rare affliction of spirit. There are people who find islands somehow irresistible. The mere knowledge that they are in a little world surrounded by sea fills them with an indescribable intoxication."
Lawrence Durrell

Islomania rare? Not on Whidbey Island. The feeling can last the weekend, or change the course of a life. Some visitors set foot on Whidbey once and never want to leave. They build houses and cement lifelong, and in many cases generations long, ties to this forty mile strip of glacial till.

Whidbey is special among the islands of Puget Sound. Close to Seattle but set apart just enough, it blends the best of urban life with an earthy, rural culture.

Langley is the oldest town on South Whidbey, with a long history as home to seafaring, farming, fishing, logging and communal families. More recently Langley has become a center for the arts, with galleries filled with local works, an annual festival, a performance center, a children's theater. Spanning the gap between the old days and the new is The Clyde Theater, a perennially popular community hub.

Restaurants and shops abound in Langley, from home style cooking and antiques, to Northwest fusion and cutting edge fashion and there are also lots of stylish places to stay. South Whidbey schools and many community organizations are located here, so there's always something exciting going on.