SHOPPING
Earth Day Every Day on a Monday
April 25, 2016The nice thing about most people in life is that we talk about sports, the weather and nice places we like to eat.With kids you get: “Hey mom, we’re going to be dirt one day!” Pardon me?!!! “I guess we better treat the earth a little better then….” Thanks to my kids unabashed willingness to […]
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Lyrical Flowers at my Local Safeway Let Me Play Florist at Home
April 18, 2016Truth be told sometimes I used to get off the bus I rode to college just short of campus because there was a spectacular florist along the route and I couldn’t help but stop in and see what new things were going on in the store. Pretty flower arrangements are something I have always loved to […]
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More than juices at Jujubeet Cafe in Bellevue
April 12, 2016I first noticed Jujubeet Cafe in Seattle a few months ago. I was on my way home from getting my nails done at Julep nearby and I was hungry and thought I’d stop at Uvillage for something but didn’t have a ton of time. I thought maybe I’d grab a juice or smoothie to tide me over-everyone […]
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Tofu, Blossoms and other things that can be fleeting on a day after Monday
March 21, 2016Oh Seattle, how obsessed are we with cherry blossoms? I can’t tell if we’re all smiling lately because the sun is shining past 7 pm or if it’s because of all the pink confetti drifting all over the city. Underneath all of our rain gear and rubber boots, Seattleites must be total hopeless romantics. I […]
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Biscuits and Gravy made of chocolate (Honest Biscuits, Seattle)
March 17, 2016Every week since the start of 2016 I’ve been eating at a new-to-me restaurant in Pike Place Market and I didn’t realize how many amazing places I would find. This week, for my 10th restaurant out of 52, I decided to eat at Honest Biscuits (it’s in the Chinook Book too, by the way-do you […]
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When you think you might make Seattle your home on a Monday
February 15, 2016Before we had kids we didn’t really think about WHERE people with kids lived in Seattle and when we first moved with kids we were still new to parenting and didn’t think too much of the long-term. We were just desperately in need of space because the space we picked pre-kids was not suitable for […]
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A not so spooky cup of coffee in Pike Place Market (Ghost Alley Espresso, Seattle WA )
February 12, 2016If you come to Seattle to see neat little coffee shops, a teeny coffee house known as Ghost Alley Espresso needs to be added to your list. I didn’t realize the historic value of this shop until I tried to figure out what the significance of Ghost Alley was and I read on their site […]
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Being whisked back to Kangaroo Care and a pile of reading on a Monday
February 8, 2016One of my littles has a fever today and it’s rattling his little body and making my heart hurt. I am thankful I can clear my calendar so we can spend some time reading, snuggling and drinking lots of fluids but it makes me feel as helpless as I did way back in our early […]
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Some things I Zazzled for Valentines day
February 2, 2016Zazzle contacted me last week about some of the things they have for Valentine’s Day. I couldn’t help but see their SLOTH selection and fall in love myself so of course I had to look into this site a little further. And because Valentine’s Day is about love and other people, I decided to make […]
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Where to take a pretty red car in Seattle (Lexus CT Hybrid review)
January 26, 2016With a car lover for a husband I have spent countless hours listening to him and his friends talk about this car and that car and why it handles this way and outpowers that way and if only this car had these things that another car has…. This is not how I choose cars. I […]
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A quick and tasty Market Lunch (Country Dough, 52 weeks of Pike Place Market)
January 22, 2016Sometime last year Country Dough snuck quietly into Pike Place Market in a cute little courtyard tucked behind the long and winding Piroshky Bakery line. (I do love Piroshky Piroshky and alternate between the garlic, onion and cheese and apple cinnamon and I noticed that they are doing a Valentine’s Box if you want one […]
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EMP Seattle, Hello Kitty and should we go to Puroland?
January 20, 2016How I managed to miss the Hello Kitty Food Truck in Seattle bewilders me but I know I’ll get my Hello Kitty fix in Tokyo later this year. I am excited though to have my favorite little cat in OUR city and the exhibit at the Experience Music Project or what we Seattleites call the […]
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If you can’t beat them, join them on a Monday
January 12, 2016In another life, I must have been a rock and the boys in my family must have been rivers, or waterfalls or oceans. I know this because as much as they all love to move and adventure, I like to sit still and be at peace. While my husband and seven-year-olds wouldn’t be able to […]
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Fairy Tales and Frog Urinals, how I’m going to win at Aunting in the New Year
January 6, 2016If I could make a list of things that freaked me out about my kids going to school, getting lice would probably be on the top of my list. So I’m thankful that Fairy Tales sent me an arsenal of lice prevention that we’ve been using since Christmas to get ready for going back after […]
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December 1st: let the advent-ure begin
December 3, 2015Can I tell you how overjoyed I am with this advent calendar project some lovelies in my life are making for me? I never could have anticipated how much these beautiful words could fill a heart more than all the stuff you can buy. But oh, how magical it’s been so far. My kids have […]
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Thinking about shopping for good on a Monday after a weekend of almost opting outside
November 30, 2015Hands raised only half for truly opting outside this weekend. I didn’t. I couldn’t help myself. The sun was shining fantastically on Friday and I do love a good parade. And my family couldn’t help but check out the Seattle Center festivities too. I’m so excited to take my guys ice skating here this winter […]
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A not so ugly baby store where you can find adorable sloth things in seattle (Ugly Baby and La Ru, Seattle WA)
November 20, 2015I love the days I spend at Pike Place Market. Even though I’ve been exploring it more in depth over the past year, I still get lost and I still find new things. The other day, I walked up from one of the lower parking lots near where the Pike Place Market is expanding (right […]
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Travel wants on a Monday
November 9, 2015Oh if we could only curl up like pigs in a blanket and drink coffee all day in front of a fire today is the kind of Monday in Seattle that would warrant that. The rain is pouring, the heater is on and I just want to burrow somewhere toasty and not come out until […]
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A new bookstore and robata robotized at Uvillage (with Amazon Books and Blue C Sushi
November 5, 2015I’m more of a coffee cup half full type of girl so when my little guy ended up home because of a fever the night before (and a 24 hour rule at school where you can’t come back until fever has been over for 24 hours) on a day when Amazon opens its first book […]
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Hiding the candy and trying not to shop on a Monday
November 2, 2015Oh, what a weekend! Are you also buried under a pile of candy today too? My guys had a great time this Halloween and were so proud of their Star Wars costumes and I think the light sabres were their favorite part. We were going to go as a family costume again this year, but […]
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