1. (US, idiomatic) One's own legs used for walking; to "travel by shanks' mare" or "ride on shanks' mare" is to walk to your destination.

 Gas prices getting you down?  Traffic driving you nuts?  Commuting to everything looking demonic?Hankering for a simpler lifestyle reminiscent of traditional small town life?  Come to Woodinville - country livin' city style -  and live downtown.

Living downtown Woodinville means the following amenities are in easy walking distance:  banks, three large grocery stores, multiplex movie theater, large book store, more than a half-dozen coffee shops, the post office, city hall, scads of restaurants from lower gourmet to ethnic food (Chinese, Mexican, Japanese, Italian, Vietnamese, Indian, Thai) to the usual fast food of burgers, salads and chicken. 

Only the public library is a little distant from the downtown core.  Otherwise everything you need and want in the way of personal services, including medical and dental is in the "town."   If you happen to also work in Woodinville ... well, the quality of your life just made a quantum leap.

And, of course, if your back door doesn't happen to open right unto the Sammamish River Trail, you can reach it with a short walk from downtown. 

Woodinvilleis for walkers, talkers, gas savers, greeners, the health conscious and the down homers ... those who think shanks mare is the way to go.  If you live in Woodiniville's core, It's back to a simpler,  small town way of life.  It's walking the trail by the river.   It's care free ... and its car free.