This post featuring fleece clothing is sponsored by adidas and as always all opinions in this piece are my own. I’ve been such a fan of our adidas purchases lately. We found an adidas outlet near our condo in Dallas on a trip this summer and had a fun time shopping there with my mom. (We bought so many things!) And my favorite adidas purchase […]
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The Seattle Auto Show is back for 2025 and I am helping to promote this show on my instagram where I had a ticket giveaway for 3 sets of two tickets to the show. It is in Seattle from November 14-16 at the Lumen Field Event Center and you can find out all about it […]
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I am willing to bet that neither of us have ever scene a musical devoted to corn until Shucked. And while I didn’t stalk all the reviews to see exactly what the experience was going to be before I went, I knew it is a comedy about a town built around corn that has an […]
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Have you been to Cirque du Soleil? I have seen other Cirque du Soleil shows (and have gone behind the scenes) and I recently got to see Echo for the first time when it arrived in Seattle. It will be here from January 28-March 15th 2026 in Marymoor Park under the Big Top (my favorite […]
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Maybe you’re looking just over a month and a half ahead or maybe you’re buying last minute. Here are some holiday gift ideas if you’re in the Seattle area to help you with the stress of shopping. I tried to start this early this year (can you believe it’s almost the end of 2025?! I […]
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Chicago the Musical is on tour in Seattle through November 2nd. If you’ve never seen this one before, Chicago the Musical is the longest running Broadway musical and you probably already know some of the songs already without even realizing it. (This was definitely me). My husband and I were invited to see this show […]
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Refract the Seattle glass Experience is an annual festival of glass put on by Visit Seattle and Chihuly Garden and glass. In 2025, this festival takes place from Oct 16-19 starting with Gather, an opening night party to kick off the celebration. (I went for the first time thanks to an invite, and it was […]
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On my way to Chihuly Garden and Glass tonight, I saw signs for something new this season (starting in October 2025). There is a Space Needle Season Pass that you can get right now. It includes unlimited entries from now until May 31st with priority boarding and discounts for $99. Is the Space Needle Season […]
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This week Stereophonic the play launches its North American Tour in Seattle from October 7-12. After Seattle, Stereophonic heads to Spokane, Eugene Oregon and then Las Vegas and beyond. There aren’t many things that can truly evoke a back in time feeling these days. With new tech revolutionizing our daily on the daily it’s growingly […]
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Before you get too excited, know that this place where you can walk llamas in the forest is not totally near Seattle, it’s about 1.5 hours from downtown and you need to give yourself two hours or more sometimes to get there through Tacoma based on our traffic. And it’s not the kind of place […]
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Many of us think of Vancouver BC when we head up north from Seattle and if you’ve already been there and seen all the typical touristy sites, you might want to expand your horizons and consider exploring BC a little deeper next time you visit. I recently had the chance to explore Abbotsford with Tourism […]
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Yes, it still kind of feels like summer and technically it is, but hockey season is starting up in the Pacific Northwest and my family is really excited for the Seattle Kraken 2025/2026 season. We live close to Climate Pledge arena so if we have a free night together we try to get tickets and […]
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Have you ever wondered about all the things that go on at the Port of Seattle? And the Port of Seattle isn’t just the airport, it also involves places along our waterfront as well as Fisherman’s Terminal. I recently learned about a Free Port U Adult Education Series with the Port of Seattle where you […]
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When’s the last time you went to Leavenworth? Even growing up north of the border in Vancouver BC, we knew of this adorable Bavarian town in Eastern Washington and I visited a few times as a kid. The whole places has such fun character and its mountain backdrop is just stunning. I didn’t know of […]
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By the time I get this posted there might be one last day to catch this musical in Seattle but when I last checked it was already pretty sold out ( check here just in case and then it heads to Portland and then on to California). I was invited to see +Juliet the last […]
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This is a sponsored post on behalf of the Farmstand Fresh coupon with Genuine Skagit Valley and as always the ideas in this post are my own. Every summer I look forward to when the farmstands open up in the Skagit Valley (there is so much more to Skagit Valley than just the tulips). We […]
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I just learned that the Seattle Mariners have a Grand Slam Summer Challenge for youth in our community with free events throughout Seattle this summer promoting volunteerism, physical activity, and reading. Some of the events have already passed (like story time sessions at a library and a hike in Bellevue Botanical Garden) but there are still some […]
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Do other places have nighttime parades or is it only Seattle? And is only Seattle again now? I think this parade got moved to afternoon for a few years recently. But now the TorchLight Parade will be starting in the evening again (at 7:30pm) and it has a route along the Seattle Waterfront. This year […]
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I have been gifted adidas products for the creation of this post on back to school backpacks and as always the opinions in this post are my own. My guys both finally finished school (how are we headed to Junior year next year) and summer has literally only just started and we don’t really think about […]
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I don’t think I would have been motivated to try Recess drinks if they didn’t message me through instagram asking me if I wanted to try them. I had seen them in stores and really liked the packaging but the “calm” label message kind of made me wary they had unwanted ingredients in them like […]
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