RESTAURANTS

Little secret garden at Pike Place Market (Seattle, Wa)

June 13, 2014

The 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 […]

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Local love on a Monday

May 19, 2014

Happy Monday lovelies! I can hardly wait for the boys to go to school this morning because this book arrived in the mail this weekend and I haven’t had a chance to open it and read it yet.  I love star signs and the fact that these Astrologers are twins is something very cool to […]

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best ice cream in seattle mint gelato from bottega italiana

Ice Cream addiction 2014 (Bottega Italiana, Seattle)

May 15, 2014

Ice cream season has only just begun and this one is a clear best ice cream in Seattle EVER.  (According to me, of course.) I’m referring to the mint gelato from Bottega Italiana and it might not even count as ice cream because it’s technically gelato but it is the PERFECT treat for a sunny […]

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Yummy things I’ve eaten this week

May 9, 2014

Oh dear.  This was not a week I was supposed to be eating anything yummy.  I’ve been trying to get back to my exercise routine and I have a fancy dress to look nice in for the hubby’s work function that is coming up too soon.  But, this week I ate out with some girlfriends […]

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eating downtown seattle wtih kids during restaurant week

Eating with kids at Restaurant Week(s) Seattle and playing tourists in our OWN town.

April 11, 2014

I usually live for this two week stretch when it’s Restaurant Week(s) in Seattle. There are so many fancy Seattle restaurants to choose from and it is such a great deal for a night out with the hubby.  ($28 for a three-course dinner or $15 for a 3-course lunch.)  Often the price of just one […]

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Dating on the fly (London Plane, Seattle, WA)

March 21, 2014

It is really hard to plan dates with the hubby now that all of our schedules (the kids’ included) are so much more complex. But this doesn’t mean we just mope around and give up hope.  We just have to live a little more spontaneous and sometimes we catch the luckiest breaks. The other day […]

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C is for Cookies EVERYWHERE in Seattle

March 7, 2014

I’m a little biased when it comes to cookies. My sis is an amazing baker/decorator and she and her husband started a successful Canadian cookie business called the Steveston Cookie Company and I can always count on her to create ANY kind of cookie I can imagine. I also grew up sampling cookies in my […]

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High Tea with kids (Urban Tea Merchant, Vancouver, BC)

February 22, 2014

There are so many lovely bakeries and restaurants in Vancouver, but for her birthday, I wanted to take my mom for high tea and I had the kids in tow.  I was surprised at how many places offer a high tea with kids: the Fairmont Vancouver Hotel has an intriguing sounding Bubble Gum tea, and […]

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Wing Luke Museum and a pasta lunch (Seattle, WA)

February 11, 2014

Thanks to our lovely Mohai membership we’ve been visiting a bunch of local museums lately that we’ve never stopped into before.  It’s not that I haven’t wanted to, but with kids sometimes we only have a short time to visit a place and it gets expensive doing that when you pay full-price.  This time the […]

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Olive-it all at Stoneburner and our favorite Ballard bakery (Seattle, WA)

January 31, 2014

Maybe you’re groaning at the title, but I couldn’t help myself.  The hubby and I snuck out for a lunchdate and ended up at Stoneburner in Ballard for the first time and we tried this amazing olive appetizer that was cheesy, oozy and delicious.  And we loved them.  All of them. Stonburner is such a […]

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cafe medina waffles

Five Delightful Vancouver Eats with Kids in Tow

January 2, 2014

Whenever we head to Vancouver, we have some regular stops but we’re always trying to expand our food repertoire.  We spent a good week up in Vancouver for Christmas Break and while we had a lot of family events to eat at, we had some fun eating around Vancouver too.  The first place is a […]

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New to us Seattle Restaurants with kids

November 13, 2013

We’ve been in a family restaurant rut lately.  Though we love our usual haunts, the Spaghetti Factory, Red Robin and Boom Noodle have been so over-used in our rotation lately that I can’t imagine going back to them anytime soon. (And we love them). Thank goodness we spent some time this past week venturing out […]

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Five things on a Monday to make the day better

October 21, 2013

I’m still pinching myself to make sure Domino magazine is actually back but it is and I have a copy in my hands.  I love the instantly shop-able pages and it’s the loveliest read to peruse on a foggy Seattle Monday like this.  (One of my sweet purchases even arrived today!  Seriously, why aren’t more […]

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Two sweet kid-less lunches in Seattle

October 11, 2013

My mom and I have spent the past few days having lunches around Seattle and it’s been divine.  I may have to ressurect my running plan if we keep this up but for now, I’m just loving being cozy and eating yummy food. The other day we stopped in at Ba bar and my favorite […]

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Making a little bit of peace with my kids while I make dinner

September 19, 2013

Sometimes making dinner in itself is totally harried but it becomes utterly frantic when two little guys decide it’s time for mom to play while the spaghetti tries to burn itself to the stove.  I came up with a little game called “draw your dinner” and make the guys guess what they are having for […]

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Boom Boom Clap and Boom Noodle’s kids’ bentos (my kids’ fave Seattle camp)

September 4, 2013

The kids have strong opinions about which summer camps they liked and didn’t this year. One of their favorite camps in Seattle was put on by the Seattle sounders and a big reason they loved it was because of the free camp appreciation day.  I really think it was well-organized this year, so I appreciated it too. […]

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Three food finds on a Monday in Seattle

August 26, 2013

Anyone else suffering a case of the lazy Mondays?  This morning I was a little exhausted-we had a big party for the hubby’s work yesterday so I just let the kids add to the weekends’ mess tornado in my living room and now I’m trying to pick myself out of it and I thought I’d […]

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La Boulange in its Natural Habitat

August 8, 2013

Forget those microwaved pastries that have been turning up at my local Seattle Starbucks.  When we went to San Francisco, I was so curious about a bakery that would make our Emerald City’s coffee giant a green-eyed monster. La Boulange in San Francisco is absolutely adorable.  It’s the type of cafe I really wish we […]

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Happy Monday things on a Tuesday when things go by in a blur

July 30, 2013

Is it Tuesday already?  Where did Monday go?  This is one of the weeks where everything seems to just blur together and whirl by. Usually Monday I post about things I’ve bought.  I’ll get to that.  But, the other night my lovely double momma friends and I tried out a sweet new place in Woodinville […]

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A nice place to bike with kids for lunch (Maggie Bluffs, Seattle)

July 15, 2013

Since 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 […]

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