I love November because it starts off holiday season and even in October, I start to get a bunch of November notifications in my inbox. We should all sip at least a million pumpkin cream cold brews to ward off any early snow in Seattle and so far we’ve been lucky but it is suddenly […]
Read MoreHave you ever watched as much news or followed as much politics as you have in the past 3 years? Sometimes I feel like all I hear is sadness and scary things and I just want to turn it off and make it stop. But it won’t stop even if we don’t pay attention and […]
Read MoreSuddenly it’s October isn’t it? I was just reminiscing about our October last year where we started the month with a last minute trip to Disneyland (October was a great time to go by the way-we pretty much did it all in one day)and escaped a bit of the smoke we had. This year there […]
Read MoreIf you follow along on my instagram, we tend to visit the beach at Expedia group with Scout quite frequently. It used to be where we parked to go biking with the kids when they were small. It’s near where the cruise ships dock and it’s also where you’ll find the closest lupine patches growing […]
Read MoreHow incredible is it that we can fly? I often forget that small planes are also an option in our area when we are trying to get to local places. We’ve used Kenmore Air before for their seaplane to Vancouver Island. I just learned that they also have land planes too. And now there is […]
Read MoreRemember this next year when you see all the lupine pictures from Van Lierop Park or Mount Rainier. There are lupines in Seattle and if you don’t have time to drive out of the city you don’t have to miss out. They seem to bloom between mid-may and early June. This year they are just […]
Read MoreThe Seattle Art Museum is one of my favorite places in the city. If I know I’m running errands downtown or at Pike Place Market, I love having a membership so I can pop in even just for a few minutes if that’s all the time I have. But there is another fabulous reason to […]
Read MoreMy kids are big fans of bubble tea and so am I. I grew up in Coquitlam BC, Canada, and this is a treat that’s been up north for a while but it’s taken a bit of time to get down here to Seattle so I get really excited when see a new bubble tea […]
Read MoreWhy work in the city and wait for the weekend to play in the mountains when you can have an office in the mountains and do both? I had the opportunity to visit the Passlife Workspace near the Summit at Snoqualmie Pass recently with a group of women I’ve met through instagram and this is […]
Read MoreWhen the weather starts getting a little sunnier sometimes we crave fresh and more vegetable filled dishes as we get out and about. Here are a few of my favorite places to get the best salads in Seattle. I’ve tried to add the neighborhoods you’ll find these places in too. Evergreens all over Seattle There […]
Read MoreIf you are searching for a unique cinnamon bun shop near Seattle, you might find Seattle Cinnamon Roll. And it’s not actually in Seattle, it’s about 30-40 minutes north of the city. But before you give up and try looking for another place, make a plan to go to Woodinville to the Seattle Cinnamon Roll […]
Read MoreLast week I was invited to the opening of Kitchen and Market, a brand new specialty grocery store and meal kit service in the heart of our Downtown Seattle, located just steps from the “original” Starbucks in Pike Place Market. In the last year and a half, because we haven’t gone out to any restaurants, […]
Read MoreBack in the day when I started instagram, it was because my best friend who has told me to start everything from my blog to twitter and every other thing online told me to try instagram. The same way I hopped onto those things, I just posted a picture and began. But instagram has evolved […]
Read MoreThis time last year we were packing for an epic Christmas Market trip for my 40th birthday. I wanted to see crowded markets in Germany and London with twinkling lights and people holding Gluhwein, nibbling Raclette and drinking hot chocolate to keep warm. One of these days I’ll get to posting about these markets but […]
Read MoreThis is a sponsored post on behalf of CEC about shrinking food waste in our homes and using the Food Matters Action Kit however all thoughts and ideas expressed are my own. Lately, there have been so many things in life that feel like we have little or no control about, so I’ve decided to […]
Read MoreIf you aren’t camping it can be tough to find dog-friendly places to stay on the Olympic Peninsula that are good for families with kids too. There are an abundance of traditional motel-style rooms but it is harder to find a place that allows for a little more spread. We had a few days to […]
Read MoreWe have never kept a lot of food in the house-the kids go to school near a grocery store, we travel a lot and I’m used to popping by Pike Place Market at least once a week for local produce. But because we’re eating a home a LOT more now (like everyday on repeat) and […]
Read MoreI wish I had mom’s sewing skills. She lives up in Vancouver Canada and she’s made face masks for our family but it’s hard to send things from Canada right now and I don’t want her going to the post office. But because I’m horrible with a sewing machine I’ve been looking for places to […]
Read MoreSeattleites we are in a holding pattern. After almost a month of social distancing under our belts it looks like we’re stuck here for at least another month more. Thankfully the April weather forecast seems to hold more sunny days in our future than not. And as a city there are so many great things […]
Read MoreSometimes we forget the value of a good staycation and I love when we get a chance to stay in a hotel in our own city. We needed to stay downtown for my husband’s holiday party and the Hyatt Regency Seattle seemed like a festive and fun place to stay with kids in December. This […]
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