(EXQUISITE LEISURE) The romance of a rowboat cannot be overstated—the gentle lapping of the waves, the splashes of fish, the water lilies and drooping willows,
the occasional wheeling bat. Summer evenings are meant for rowing with a bottle of champagne,
straw hat, small stringed instrument, wine and grapes and cheese, and a boon companion. Rowboats are more romantic but canoes are faster and better for slipping in and out of the narrow corridors of
Lake Washington's labyrinthine shoreline. (
UW Waterfront Activities Center, behind Husky Stadium, 543-9433. 10 am–9 pm, $7.50 per hour.)