We all remember when the world stopped but when did it start back up again? For many of us it still feels a lot different than the life we knew before but now kids have school again, there are sports again, and we are starting to try to gather safely again. And suddenly my photo […]
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Last 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, […]
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My mom told me that a year or two ago she saw a cranberry bog being flooded near Vancouver BC while she and my dad were driving so they pulled over to the side of the road to watch. Cranberry farms are so fascinating because they have a unique harvesting processed called “wet harvesting” where […]
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This could also be called why your kids’ weekend soccer (hockey, chess, fencing……whatever) games don’t have to completely ruin your life because my kids’ soccer is the reason that we found Touba Bakery in the first place. We usually find out the week of the game where our game is and what time it will […]
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Because we’ve stayed locally and pretty much only traveled within mostly three hour roadtrips from Seattle for the past year and a half, we’ve been to Seabrook Washington nearly a handful of times and it’s one place that we don’t mind going back to over and over again. It is perfect for active families, there […]
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If it’s a rainy day in Seattle or if there’s a crisis, of course we bake. So this stormy morning, post flu-shot and feeling the doom and gloom of this never-ending 2020 saga I ordered my groceries online and was inspired to bake. We watched a bit of the Sounders match last night and that […]
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If there is a subscription box I can’t help but try it. Over the years I’ve been a big fan of ones like Birchbox, Raddish Kids, Fab Fit Fun, Trove and even a clothing rental subscription called Armoire from Seattle. Most recently, I’ve been trying out Sakuraco, a Japanese snack box that comes with authentic […]
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Whistler is a place we usually end up going to once or twice a year. It’s close to Seattle and my husband and I grew up in the suburbs of Vancouver BC so we know it really well. It’s usually an easy road trip from Seattle and over the years we’ve stayed at many of […]
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This is a sponsored post on behalf of 400 Fairview in Seattle WA and as always the thoughts and opinions on my blog are my own. I was recently invited to check out 400 Fairview in Seattle. This property is located in the heart of South Lake Union and is a combination of local retail […]
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I received Barilla Creamy Genovese Pesto for free from Moms Meet (momsmeet.com) to use and post my honest opinions. Compensation for this post was provided and this page may contain affiliate links. I don’t know how moms of pro athletes ever survived back to school when their kids were young. My family is just into […]
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We are a family in Seattle who lives for adventure and soccer and because I’ve worked with Toyota in the past and my family really liked their vehicles (we’ve even been to the Toyota factory in Nagoya Japan)we ended up purchasing a Toyota Hybrid Highlander early last year (2020). So far we’ve enjoyed exploring many […]
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Back 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 […]
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This is a sponsored post on behalf of Waterfront Seattle to help share information about the online open house for Pier 58 and as always the thoughts and ideas in this post are my own. Hey Seattle friends and visitors to this site who are curious about the new and exciting things happening on Seattle’s […]
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This is a sponsored post on behalf of Uncle Bob’s Butter Country syrup and as always the thoughts and ideas in this post are my own. Summer season in our house is a time for more leisurely breakfasts and weekends spent at the lake or on an early morning hike. Around June we always look […]
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I went to Semiahmoo Resort as a kid with my family maybe 30 years ago around the time when it first opened. I remember walking along the water, having fun in the pool that was both indoors and outdoors and just having a really wonderful stay with my sister and my parents. This is the […]
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I was recently invited to participate in a campaign called “I Know a Place” with Visit Seattle to share some of my favorite places in the city. And as someone who explores Seattle extensively, this is one of my favorite things to do even though it is so hard to pick from all the cool […]
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A little while ago I was invited by Moms Meet to an online webinar with Flavor your Life -a campaign that is trying to education North American consumers about authentic European extra virgin olive oil. And we use so much olive oil in this house that this was a very fitting webinar for me. I […]
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Blink and we’re four months from February 2021 when I was first introduced to Armoire, a clothing rental service that is based in Seattle. Since then I’ve rented 31 items and $5583 worth of clothing using the Unlimited Service Plan and that’s a pretty amazing feat considering that I also did a bit of quarantine […]
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How many Zoom webinars have you sat through in the past year? And how many times have you just wanted to zoom away to somewhere a little more magical? Last month I sat through a webinar put on by the IFTWA and L’Ecole No 41 in Walla Walla Washington where I learned so much about […]
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We get the coolest pop culture exhibits at the MoPOP in Seattle, our city’s museum dedicated to all things pop culture in an iconic Frank Ghery designed building that “evokes the rock and roll experience” . From June 5, 2021 Walt Disney Archives will be presenting Heroes and Villains: the Art of the Disney Costume […]
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