National Football Museum in England

National Football Museum (Manchester, England)

October 28, 2016

As a teenager when I dreamed of my future trip to Europe, the National Football Museum was not on my list of places I wanted to see.  I wouldn’t have known that football in England means soccer in the USA and I probably wouldn’t have cared about soccer here either. Fastforward to my real life; my […]

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Rainy days ahead means time for self-care in Seattle

When you need a little self-care on a Monday

October 24, 2016

The other night I walked home from an event after a friend gave me a ride and I got a text later that evening “Just checking to make sure you’re home okay…” My husband has been away for work for the week and my mom was babysitting my kids (and I) for the evening but it […]

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Quicksand Toyota 4runner TRDPro on the beach on the Washington Coast

A fabulous place where you can use your 4×4 vehicle on the Washington Coast (Iron Springs Resort, WA)

October 23, 2016

I don’t have my own 4×4 but I totally wish I had one.  Specifically, I would like a Toyota 4 Runner and right now I would love it in the color Quicksand. (I had to look up this color because I call this color “Star Wars” but that is not it’s real name and I […]

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Lowells restaurant in Pike Place Market

Back to Pike Place Market! Lowells Restaurant for the First and Second Time (Seattle, WA)

October 19, 2016

Some time last year I started on a 52 weeks of Pike Place Market eating project.  I’m sure I’ve been to the market more than 52 times since then, but I’m not one for rules and I do love eating at some of the same places more than once in a year.  So this project is […]

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Minecraft event with Super League Gaming near Seattle

Discount code and win tix for a Seattle-Area Minecraft Event From Super League next week

October 15, 2016

I am not always a huge fan of video games.  I don’t want my guys holed up in a dark room for hours playing in a fantasy world all alone.  But for my 8 year old boys, video games are all they talk about.  It’s like they live and breathe video games and if I […]

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Sarhole Mill in England where JRR Tolkien Grew Up

When you miss a chocolate factory and find a mill with famous roots instead (Sarhole Mill, England)

October 14, 2016

Maybe it was all that Mr. Rogers I watched as a kid, with his soothing voice and his magic picture frame that showed where everything in the world came from.  Crayons.  Macaroni.  Candles.  He knew it all.  And now I’m more than a little addicted to finding out where and how everything is made and I […]

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Rainy Day shopping in Seattle on a Monday

Rainy Day loves and shopping for America on a Monday

October 10, 2016

Is there ever going to be another Monday like this one?  One where we all wake up rubbing our blurry eyes after staying up too late watching our DVR taped debates and wonder if we watched Saturday Night Live or some kind of new reality tv series and not real politics in America.  It is […]

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October in Seattle

Time to get Thankful on a Monday

October 4, 2016

How are you this whirlwind Monday?  Can you believe it’s October already?  For my family, this means it’s time to think about our first Thanksgiving of the year.  We celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving in the second week of October and then American Thanksgiving in November. Thanksgiving is such a nice holiday to be able to celebrate twice. When things […]

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solar flowers at Seattle Center

Eat Voraciously with me for Pike Place Market on October 6 in Seattle

September 28, 2016

Who wants to join me at the Voracious awards on October 6? My giveaway has ended and the winner has been randomly chosen for the#Voracious2016 ticket giveaway (Congrats Diana from Eating Richly!) but if you’d still like to enjoy some tasty bites and delicious cocktails, here’s a special offer for my loyal readers & followers: go […]

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Tea at the Edinburgh Castle with kids

Not-serve-yourself-pastries and almost losing my kid in Edinburgh

First of all we did not have enough time in Edinburgh when we visited.  I’m almost certain that people LIVING in Edinburgh don’t have enough time in Edinburgh.  It is such an interestingly beautiful place that we’re chasing memories of it like we did with Iceland since we’ve been home; pointing out fields of cows […]

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Good on a Monday post from An Emerald City Life

Random Acts of Kindness and good on a Monday

September 27, 2016

Yes, it’s dreary-o-clock somewhere this Monday morning and judging by my Facebook feed full of horrific random shootings in places I’ve been to and unsettling political rants, it might feel a lot like the world might be coming to an end. But why would I want to contribute to the PR of gloom and doom? […]

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Eat like a local in pike place market in seattle

Back to Pike Place Market: a salmon sandwich to talk about at Market Grill

September 22, 2016

Who would have thought 52 weeks could take more than a year?  I’m SLOWLY eating my way through Pike Place Market and as much as I’m trying to eat at new places I can’t help but get hung up on some that I love.  (Like Delaurenti.  It is SO hard to come to the market […]

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Hiking for Family Day

September 26th is Family Day

September 21, 2016

Nestled snuggly between “Hug a Vegetarian Day” (September 23rd) and “Biscotti Day”(September 29th) you really can find “Family Day” on September 26th-I verified it on Days of the Year and I totally would love to know who actually makes these days up. I didn’t even know there was such a day until I was contacted by Gifts […]

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Pike Placde Market flowers

Looking for easy meals on a Monday

September 20, 2016

How is it Monday again, already?  Did your weekend fly by in a blur?  With all the soccer games and parties and adventures sometimes Monday just hits me like those anvils that would flatten Tom in the old Tom and Jerry cartoons. But thankfully, I’m eating cold pizza thanks to Stefan Frei (a phemonal flying […]

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Crossing the road at the Monkey forest

The World of Wedgwood, Free Roaming Monkeys and a lovely pottery town near London (Stoke-on-Trent)

September 15, 2016

Take note of this name if you ever dream of England: Stoke-on-Trent.  This amazing area known as “The Potteries” is where you might find the birthplace of some of the very dishes in your cupboards at home.  We happened to be driving through on our recent trip to England and we needed a place to […]

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Back of Toyota Highlander all filled up

When homework starts on a Monday

September 13, 2016

I forgot what a vortex the inside of a backpack can be late on a Sunday night.  You would think I’m some sort of rookie parent not remembering that all the homework in the first week of school belongs to ME; a zillion forms that I am frantically filling in so I look like I […]

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Sunflowers at singapore's Changi airport-this Singapore airport has so many things for families to see and do

Why Changi airport in Singapore is best for families

September 10, 2016

Heaven forbid that any of us ever get stuck in an airport when we’re traveling with kids. Do you remember that movie where Tom Hanks go stuck in one?  This used to be my biggest nightmare when I traveled with two babies in tow-how would we ever survive? And thankfully it only happened a few […]

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Summer in Seattle at Moss Bay Boating

When Tuesday is a little scary for a mom of twins on a Monday

September 6, 2016

I slipped and called my duo ‘babies’ at a wedding the other night.  But my twins really aren’t that little anymore and I can’t believe it.  My giant 8-year-old babies are starting school again in a few hours and I’m totally going to miss them.   Apparently this year my guys will be in different classes for […]

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Glass exhibit outside the Museum of glass in Tacoma

The time I drove a Ferrari in Tacoma

September 3, 2016

A few months ago, the family and I visited Tacoma for a weekend and had a fantastic time.  Although this city is only about an hour’s drive from Seattle there is so much to do that a weekend’s visit there felt like a perfect northwest ‘Staycation’ holiday. We really enjoyed visiting the Tacoma Art Museum […]

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last weeks of summer in the PNW

Because I didn’t want to miss out on a Monday

August 31, 2016

Ignore the date.  Does anyone REALLY know what day it is in summer?  We’re in the final countdown to school in Seattle.  My guys are in camp this week and I’m remembering what it feels like to make lunches and dash out the door.  I kind of feel like this is how our life in […]

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