FAMILY TRAVELS
About high tea in the sky and being seated together as a family on Virgin Atlantic from London to Seattle
December 2, 2019I did not have high hopes for our return trip from London to Seattle on Virgin Atlantic. I actually didn’t have high hopes for our trip there either, but it turned out to be the nicest flight I’ve ever flown on. I started to panic after hearing about more families seated apart on airplanes because […]
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If you are planning a trip to London with kids in the Winter from the USA
November 18, 2019We are in the midst of planning a trip to London with kids-it’s actually a little bigger than a London trip and we’re headed to Brussels and Cologne as well. We also should probably be more in the countdown and pack phase than the planning stage but isn’t this what happens when you’re planning a […]
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Five chocolate factories near Seattle that you can actually visit and one place that’s not a chocolate factory that you should visit too
November 11, 2019I recently visited the factory of one of my favorite chocolate shops in my hometown. The chocolate factory was pinned on my google maps forever so when I finally arrived and smelled the chocolatey aroma outside its glorious doors I almost had to pinch myself. And I really should have pinched myself because the minute […]
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Murano Senior Living-a place I might like to live one day and maybe so will you
November 5, 2019This is a sponsored post on behalf of Murano Senior Living and as always all thoughts and opinions are always my own. I didn’t really know what to expect when I pulled up to park next to Murano Senior Living. This is an area of downtown Seattle I’m quite familiar with near the Frye Museum, […]
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How to visit the Amazon Spheres in Seattle and the best time to book if you want to buy donuts at the Spheres too
October 28, 2019More and more I’m finding that we have to pre-book and pre-plan things for travel. Are you finding this too? Everything is just a whole lot busier than it used to be. We like to be “go-where-the-wind-blows-us” travelers and we usually plan our days by the weather or what we feel like doing that day […]
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Refillable soap and other reusable/refillable things we Seattleites can get from places in the Pacific Northwest
October 21, 2019Soap is one of my favorite luxuries. I don’t mind spending a little more on soap, bubble bath or face wash if it seems better for me, smells heavenly, is beautifully made, or if it promises to get rid of all my wrinkles. But lately, especially if I use a product a lot, I’m looking […]
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The World Premiere of Minecraft: the Exhibition at Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture at Seattle Center
October 18, 2019First of all, how cool is it that Seattle has a Museum of Pop Culture? In all of our travels, I haven’t yet seen any other place quite like this anywhere in the world. The MoPOP celebrates creativity, connection and culture and it is one of my favorite places to hang out in Seattle with […]
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Tinkergarten in Seattle and learning how the little things we do with little kids add up to the big things in life.
October 16, 2019This is a sponsored post on behalf of Tinkergarten and as always, all thoughts and opinions on this blog are my own. Shortly after my twins were born my husband and I made the decision that I would become a stay at home mom. My husband’s work hours were unpredictable, our childcare was unreliable and […]
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How Pacific Northwest families can save money with the Kids Supper Club from Seattle’s Child while dining out and hanging out in Seattle
October 11, 2019This is a sponsored post for Seattle’s Child Kids Supper Club; however all thoughts and opinions in this post are my own. If your family is anything like my family in Seattle we end up eating out a lot! Our lives are busy with lessons, sports and travel and we are always on the go. […]
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If going to the Ghibli museum is on your list of things to do on your Tokyo Trip
October 8, 2019My prior knowledge of the Ghibli Museum was only that it had to do with the movies Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro. I’m not even sure if I actually ever watched Totoro or just bought a lot of Totoro things when I was a little kid and I’m still not exactly sure what a […]
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To Day Pass or Spend the Night at Great Wolf Lodge?
September 26, 2019Early this summer, Great Wolf Lodge debuted the idea of a “Day Pass” and I was invited to check it out. Since my guys have been bugging me about revisiting Great Wolf Lodge since we went last year, it was a fun opportunity to do a road trip with my cousin and her son for […]
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When you are parents in Seattle and need a luxurious weekend away: 70-ish hours in New Mexico at the Ojo Caliente Spa Resort, one of the oldest spa resorts in North America and a few other ideas to dream about today
September 22, 2019Where can you go from Seattle that will make a weekend feel like a blissful forever and not have to travel a zillion miles to get there? The hubby and I had this remarkable conundrum this summer when my parents came to watch our guys and we had three days and two nights for a […]
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If you love Public Markets in the PNW, put Pybus Market in Wenatchee on your list
September 10, 2019This summer my family was invited to visit Wenatchee, a city about 2 and a half hours east of Seattle. I was excited because we haven’t been in years and I have heard a lot about Pybus Market, an intriguing and photogenic public market there recently. My guys are also into biking and I know […]
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Boba Up: a self-serve bubble tea cafe in Seattle you might want to check out
August 20, 2019I have to admit I didn’t want to try self-serve bubble tea when I first heard about Boba Up opening up in Seattle’s U-district. I’m a bit of a germaphobe and the image of something like a zillion people descending en masse upon a boba buffet (like we used to at a certain self-serve frozen […]
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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 […]
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A few places in Seattle where I would gladly pay double for my ice cream and why we should uplift our mompreneur friends
July 23, 2019A few smug people in my life have told me recently about an influencer bashing article they read about some ice cream truck business that is fed up with people asking for free ice cream in exchange for “exposure” on social media. This business now has a sign posted saying that influencers have to pay […]
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If the Funko Headquarters in Everett is on your Seattle Bucketlist with kids
July 7, 2019I had no idea what a “Funko Pop” was when I heard that Funko Headquarters opened up to the public in Everett about a year and a half ago. I still don’t totally understand them but they seem to be vinyl collectibles of pop culture icons like Jurassic Park and Marvel characters, movies stars and […]
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Seattle with kids: a bucket list for a unicorn summer in 2019
June 28, 2019We’re always told that we only get 18 summers with our kids and I can’t believe we’re already on our 11th summer in Seattle with these guys. One of the ways we make the most of our summer is by making a summer bucket list. We’ve been doing this for many years now. Usually I […]
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From Seattle, Washington to the other Washington and staying at the Sakura Club Conrad Washington DC
June 27, 2019I fell into a wormhole researching cherry blossoms in Japan for a recent trip that made me realize that many other places in the world have amazing cherry blossom festivals too. Now there is a whole list of places I want to go to during cherry blossom season and I love how these beautiful sakura blossoms […]
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The Porsche Off Road Driving Experience in Whistler-an experience gift for dad or maybe for yourself
June 14, 2019Believe it or not, getting the chance to try a Porsche Off Road Driving Experience was not what first drew me to a “wings and wheels” media trip to Richmond and Whistler BC. I was actually fairly terrified by the whole idea of it but was blinded by the fact that I would get to […]
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