This is a sponsored post on behalf of Tutta Bella and their new at home meal ingredients at QFC and as always the opinions and thoughts in this blog post are my own. If you’ve been following along with this blog for a while you already know Tutta Bella is one of our family’s favorite […]
Read MoreI recently heard about the Too Good to Go app in Seattle. Too Good to Go is an app that connects consumers with businesses to buy ‘Surprise bags” of food not purchased during business hours that might otherwise go to waste. I love the idea of being able to try a business, try something new, […]
Read MoreThe Amazing Brentwood in Burnaby BC is quickly becoming on of my go-to places to eat and shop when we head north from Seattle to see family in Canada. I’ve been eagerly anticipating the opening of the Gram Cafe there-this is a well- known souffle pancake chain in Japan and there are a few other […]
Read MoreThis post is a sponsored post in partnership with Moms Meet to try Goodles Mac and Cheese and post my honest opinions. Compensation for this post was provided and this page may contain affiliate links. And as always the ideas in this blog are my own. I have really vivid memories of making and eating […]
Read MoreThere are so many hopeful things happening in 2022 and one of them is Cirque du Soleil in Seattle again! Alegria just opened in Marymoor Park and my family was invited to this spectacular show on Media Night to go check it out. We are in a bit of a spike (that will hopefully be […]
Read MoreI need to be careful or this blog is just going to become a Seabrook fan account. Thankfully there are hundreds of houses there to rent and we still seem to have all the time in the world to travel near rather than far. We’ve had such lovely prior visits to Seabrook so a trip […]
Read MoreA little while ago I booked a staycation for my family and my sister’s family so all the cousins could hang out at a heated outdoor pool in the wintertime. Because of covid, I specifically wanted to find an outdoor pool so that we wouldn’t have to breathe indoor air. And we love the outdoor […]
Read MoreThis is a sponsored post with the Washington Department of Health and Learn to Return and the opinions in this blogpost are my own. I can’t even begin to explain how thankful my barely 13 year olds were when they were finally able to get back to school in the fall after missing in person […]
Read MoreThis was a sponsored post on behalf of Grand Ridge Plaza in Issaquah Washington and Regency Centers for the Nix the List Sweepstakes and as always the thoughts and ideas in the post are my own- the winners were drawn but I’ve kept the post up just in case you’re headed to Suncadia and are […]
Read MoreThis is a sponsored post for the Nix the Holiday List Sweepstakes at Grand Ridge Plaza in Issaquah Washington and the ideas in this blog post are my own. How great is a one stop shopping place where you can get all the gifts for the people on your holiday list and maybe win something […]
Read MoreMy family and I recently stayed at the Hilton Seattle downtown with Visit Seattle and before we stayed there I actually had no idea we even had a Hilton in Seattle-we do have a lot of hotels in the city. But on a rainy, wet and blustery Seattle weekend we were hosted in a connecting […]
Read MoreWe 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 […]
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 MoreMy 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 […]
Read MoreThis 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 […]
Read MoreBecause 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 […]
Read MoreIf 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 […]
Read MoreIf 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 […]
Read MoreWhistler 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 […]
Read MoreThis 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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