biking with kids
Why booking with Amex Fine Hotels at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler Resort is more than “worth it” for families
September 12, 2022Whistler, BC has become a really popular destination for Seattle families-it’s about a 4-5 hour drive away and it’s easily combinable with a Vancouver trip for shorter travel days and a longer vacation too. Over the years it feels like we’ve stayed at nearly all the properties on the mountain and our favorites so far […]
Passlife Workspace : all about a coworking and events space in the mountains an hour from Seattle and right across from the Summit at Snoqualmie Pass
May 31, 2022Why work in the city and wait for the weekend to play in the mountains when you can have an office in the mountains and do both? I had the opportunity to visit the Passlife Workspace near the Summit at Snoqualmie Pass recently with a group of women I’ve met through instagram and this is […]
A bike-ride through the historic Snoqualmie Tunnel and the perfect treat from Sconza Chocolates to take along
July 26, 2019(This is a sponsored post on behalf of Sconza Chocolates and as always the opinions in this post and on this blog are my own. We love riding through the Snoqualmie Tunnel) Around the same time the Snoqualmie Tunnel in Washington near where where we spend our weekends was in its planning stages, a boy […]
We almost missed Rotorua and why you need to put this place on your New Zealand Bucket List with your family
September 19, 2018It almost seems like a dream that last year we spent 6 weeks out of our life traveling and adventuring in Australia and New Zealand with our kids. We have busy lives in Seattle and it was difficult to think about just packing up and leaving but we didn’t want to wait until the kids […]
I’m already making my summer plans for next year thanks to Predator Ridge Resort in Vernon
August 16, 2018Summers are for the Pacific Northwest and we do our best to explore this area as much as possible from June until the days get darker and the snow starts falling in the mountains. When there is a good chance of sunshine, there is so much nature here to see! And from Seattle, if we’re not […]
Bike riding in Amsterdam with kids at the Vondelpark
April 30, 2017With two 8-year old boys in tow, one of our favorite things to do is go bike riding both at home in Seattle and when we travel. When we went to Amsterdam in February, we were worried it would be too cold or that the weather would be too rainy but we really wanted to […]
Looking for fall leaves on a family ride (Marymoor Park to Woodinville)
October 8, 2015As a mom of boys there really is no point asking if we can go get family pictures in the beautiful autumn leaves. This is what will happen: “Awww….mom!” Boy #1 “Awww…mom!!!!” Boy #2 “Do we have too?” Boy #3. The husband. So instead I ask if we want to bike ride and then I […]
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When you bike with kids from Seattle to Bainbridge Island and everyone survives
August 26, 2015Remember the beginning of summer when it seemed like we had forever just to do whatever we wanted to do? It seems so far away now that school is on the horizon in Seattle and the sky gets just a little darker earlier and eating ice cream cones in the evening means putting on a […]
Another Seattle family ride: Gasworks Park to University Village
July 2, 2015Call us multi-taskers, but my kids have set me to the task of visiting 50 different parks this summer and they also want to bike ride so we decided to bike from Gas Works Park to some new-to-us park on the Burke-Gilman Trail a few miles past Uvillage. But it was hot. I was grouchy. […]
When spring comes in February in Seattle
February 9, 2015If it ever snows here again I swear I’ll fully embrace my Seattle winter uniform (down parka, fleece lined jeans, Ugg boots, lip balm) and try my best not to complain about the cold because it’s almost tropical this year and without our usual blast of freezing weather in February it just feels like something […]
A few travel highlights from 2014 while I plan this year’s adventures
January 23, 2015The hardest part of starting a New Year is saying good bye to the old one, especially if it was a good one and while other people are performing cleanses of the body detox sort, I’m purging my phone of the14000 photos I’ve managed to store there in the past year because I don’t want […]
A super dark tunnel and a cabin building update
October 1, 2014Living with boys is not as horrible as I might have imagined if you told me as a high schooler this is how my life would turn out. It’s actually mostly lovely and I’m getting used to being outdoors more and embracing all that is frogs, dirt and bugs. But sometimes I do feel like […]
Seafair in Seattle
July 31, 2014In a few hours the Blue Angels will start their practice laps and this is probably the first year I won’t curse them because they always fly during nap time and in the early days with twins, there is nothing worse than hours of house-shaking noise RIGHT during naps. Over the years we’ve loved Seafair for […]
Friday Postcards from a Seattle Summer
July 25, 2014For the past month I haven’t had any will to travel anywhere, the weather has been perfect and Seattle is just brilliant in the summer sunshine. So I have something like 14000 photos from the last 30 days stuck in my phone. About a hundred were of this little armadillo at the Point Defiance Zoo. […]
If I owned a bakery and a few other lovely places in Denmark I dream about daily
June 27, 2014We were so lucky that when we visited Copenhagen, our Airbnb rental was literally right above a fabulous bakery. I think we ended up going to Wulf and Konstali at least once every day while we were there. The bread and pastries were fantastic and there were so many deli items that it was easy […]
Little secret garden at Pike Place Market (Seattle, Wa)
June 13, 2014The hubby and I joke about how often we come to Pike Place Market. And since I decided that I love the mint ice cream at nearby Bottega Italia, I think we’ve been coming a LOT more than usual (We visited at least 8 times in the past couple weeks and each visit except our […]
Where to bike with kids in Seattle
May 17, 2014This is actually more of a question than a solution. We have two active boys who love to ride their bikes but it is so hilly in Seattle. Our streets have a lot of traffic and the park near our house doesn’t have enough trails for them to ride. So where does one bike with […]
Biking with kids: Centennial Park to Seattle Aquarium (Seattle, WA)
July 31, 2013In our quest for finding short bike rides with cool destinations for our guys’ first rides we’ve been looking at all the places we frequent often to see how we can get there by bike. On Sundays the Seattle Aquarium opens 30 minutes earlier for members and at that time it’s usually still quite quiet […]
A nice place to bike with kids for lunch (Maggie Bluffs, Seattle)
July 15, 2013Since learning how to bike ride (thank you Pedalheads!) the guys have been wanting to ride everywhere so we’ve been looking for good places to bike with kids in Seattle. And for me, this also means we need to find yummy places that can be biking destinations. The other day we parked on a little […]
If you’re as scared as I was about teaching my kids to bike
July 6, 2013When I had twins, I knew a couple things were going to be pretty difficult: nursing, feeding, choosing who to catch when the two one day walked and ran in different directions, potty training when both had to go at the same time. So thinking about teaching two kids to two-wheel at the same time […]