DAILY LIFE
Discount code and win tix for a Seattle-Area Minecraft Event From Super League next week
October 15, 2016I am not always a huge fan of video games. I don’t want my guys holed up in a dark room for hours playing in a fantasy world all alone. But for my 8 year old boys, video games are all they talk about. It’s like they live and breathe video games and if I […]
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When you miss a chocolate factory and find a mill with famous roots instead (Sarhole Mill, England)
October 14, 2016Maybe it was all that Mr. Rogers I watched as a kid, with his soothing voice and his magic picture frame that showed where everything in the world came from. Crayons. Macaroni. Candles. He knew it all. And now I’m more than a little addicted to finding out where and how everything is made and I […]
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Time to get Thankful on a Monday
October 4, 2016How are you this whirlwind Monday? Can you believe it’s October already? For my family, this means it’s time to think about our first Thanksgiving of the year. We celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving in the second week of October and then American Thanksgiving in November. Thanksgiving is such a nice holiday to be able to celebrate twice. When things […]
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Eat Voraciously with me for Pike Place Market on October 6 in Seattle
September 28, 2016Who wants to join me at the Voracious awards on October 6? My giveaway has ended and the winner has been randomly chosen for the#Voracious2016 ticket giveaway (Congrats Diana from Eating Richly!) but if you’d still like to enjoy some tasty bites and delicious cocktails, here’s a special offer for my loyal readers & followers: go […]
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Random Acts of Kindness and good on a Monday
September 27, 2016Yes, it’s dreary-o-clock somewhere this Monday morning and judging by my Facebook feed full of horrific random shootings in places I’ve been to and unsettling political rants, it might feel a lot like the world might be coming to an end. But why would I want to contribute to the PR of gloom and doom? […]
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Back to Pike Place Market: a salmon sandwich to talk about at Market Grill
September 22, 2016Who would have thought 52 weeks could take more than a year? I’m SLOWLY eating my way through Pike Place Market and as much as I’m trying to eat at new places I can’t help but get hung up on some that I love. (Like Delaurenti. It is SO hard to come to the market […]
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September 26th is Family Day
September 21, 2016Nestled snuggly between “Hug a Vegetarian Day” (September 23rd) and “Biscotti Day”(September 29th) you really can find “Family Day” on September 26th-I verified it on Days of the Year and I totally would love to know who actually makes these days up. I didn’t even know there was such a day until I was contacted by Gifts […]
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Looking for easy meals on a Monday
September 20, 2016How is it Monday again, already? Did your weekend fly by in a blur? With all the soccer games and parties and adventures sometimes Monday just hits me like those anvils that would flatten Tom in the old Tom and Jerry cartoons. But thankfully, I’m eating cold pizza thanks to Stefan Frei (a phemonal flying […]
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The World of Wedgwood, Free Roaming Monkeys and a lovely pottery town near London (Stoke-on-Trent)
September 15, 2016Take note of this name if you ever dream of England: Stoke-on-Trent. This amazing area known as “The Potteries” is where you might find the birthplace of some of the very dishes in your cupboards at home. We happened to be driving through on our recent trip to England and we needed a place to […]
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When homework starts on a Monday
September 13, 2016I forgot what a vortex the inside of a backpack can be late on a Sunday night. You would think I’m some sort of rookie parent not remembering that all the homework in the first week of school belongs to ME; a zillion forms that I am frantically filling in so I look like I […]
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Why Changi airport in Singapore is best for families
September 10, 2016Heaven forbid that any of us ever get stuck in an airport when we’re traveling with kids. Do you remember that movie where Tom Hanks go stuck in one? This used to be my biggest nightmare when I traveled with two babies in tow-how would we ever survive? And thankfully it only happened a few […]
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The time I drove a Ferrari in Tacoma
September 3, 2016A few months ago, the family and I visited Tacoma for a weekend and had a fantastic time. Although this city is only about an hour’s drive from Seattle there is so much to do that a weekend’s visit there felt like a perfect northwest ‘Staycation’ holiday. We really enjoyed visiting the Tacoma Art Museum […]
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When you can’t get anything done because it’s still summer on a Monday
August 23, 2016Seriously, how on earth is anyone to get anything done when you play all day with two 8-year-old boys? My sweet boys are suddenly 8 and I have no idea how that happened. 8 is such a grown-up sounding number and it’s way too close to 10. But because this made me feel sentimental I […]
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When you just need to head out of town on a Monday
August 1, 2016Summer is for lazy days and getaways and someday soon we’ll be jetting off out of town on a last-minute family adventure and I’m pretty excited to share the destination with you but we’ll get to that later because you’ll probably be more interested in the amazing travel kicks I bought for the trip at the […]
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One foodie cafe in Hong Kong I’m not sure I should have brought the kids to and one in Tokyo that I’m really glad I did
July 28, 2016Family travel is always unpredictable and some of our favorite trip memories come from times when things don’t go as we expected. On a recent trip to Asia I was really excited about all the fun restaurants we’d get to see! I was really intrigued about one called Dim Sum Icon, a cafe that I saw on […]
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Dinosaurs and All the Foods at Richmond Night Market
July 16, 2016When people ask me about what to see in my hometown Vancouver, BC the first thing I always think about is the food. Vancouverites love food and there are so many fabulously interesting things to eat there that it is hard to choose what and where to eat. We love so many Vancouver restaurants but […]
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Unexpected Chickens on an electric drive down the Chuckanut
July 6, 2016Windy turns and hidden bakeries, scenic pull-outs and switchbacks reminiscent of the old Sea-to-Sky highway from Vancouver to Whistler are all reason to drive the Chuckanut Route that hugs the coast from Mt Vernon to Bellingham for about a 30 minute drive. With small kids and family up north, we were always in a rush […]
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The summer travels of our new favorite blanket
As a blogger, I’m always on the hunt for fun new products and it makes my life a zillion times easier when something fabulous literally ends up in my lap. Enter the Rumpl blanket, a downy soft sleeping-bag-like blanket I was sent to review. At first I imagined it would be the perfect cabin blanket […]
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Healthy Snacks and other things for summer on a Monday
June 27, 2016Oh summer is here! I have been waiting for this all year. It is the one time I don’t NEED to get my kids anywhere for anything and it just feels like we have a lot more freedom. That said it makes my life a little busier and I have a lot more late nights […]
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A trip to Tacoma might be the perfect Seattle Staycation for local families
June 23, 2016How lucky are we in the Pacific Northwest to have so many fabulous places to visit within decent driveable distances? My family recently visited Tacoma as guests of Tacoma Tourism and we were curious to learn about Tacoma as a family travel destination as well how it would be as a destination for electric car travelers. It’s […]
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