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Deer at Suncadia from our Vacation Rental balcony

A Suncadia trip in the winter thanks to the Nix the List Sweepstakes with Grand Ridge Plaza

December 15, 2021

This 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 […]

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Shopping for ice skates at Grand Ridge Plaza in Issaquah to share the Nix the Holiday list sweepstakes

Nix the Holiday List at Grand Ridge Plaza in Issaquah Washington and win at shopping this year

December 8, 2021

This 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 […]

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Scout the Yorkie Poo and a cup of coffee in a car as we look for Seattle Coffee Shops

Seattle coffee shops you need to know about as we get out and about again

November 8, 2021

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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Toyota Sequoia Nightshade on Copalis Beach three hours from Seattle

Back to school and giving back with the Toyota Sequoia Nightshade

September 7, 2021

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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Playing soccer on a Seattle Pier on the Seattle Waterfront

Another Seattle Waterfront Update and where to see the design for Pier 58

July 30, 2021

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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Red Top Lookout Hike near Suncadia and Clean Elum with kids and a dog and looking for agates

Agate hunting on the Red Top Lookout Trail near Cle Elum with two kids and a dog and the cutest little outhouse we’ve ever seen

October 8, 2020

Ever since we went rockhounding a few weeks ago with the kids at Hansen Creek, hunting for rocks has been on everyone in my whole family’s minds. One of the guys even bought a rocktumbler at the beginning of summer so he’s been dying to find gems worthy of the two to three weeks dedication […]

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Amazon Spheres and how to visit the Spheres in Seattle

How to visit the Amazon Spheres in Seattle and the best time to book if you want to buy donuts at the Spheres too

October 28, 2019

More and more I’m finding that we have to pre-book and pre-plan things for travel. Are you finding this too? Everything is just a whole lot busier than it used to be. We like to be “go-where-the-wind-blows-us” travelers and we usually plan our days by the weather or what we feel like doing that day […]

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Boba Up self-serve bubble tea in Seattle in the U-district neighborhood

Boba Up: a self-serve bubble tea cafe in Seattle you might want to check out

August 20, 2019

I have to admit I didn’t want to try self-serve bubble tea when I first heard about Boba Up opening up in Seattle’s U-district.  I’m a bit of a germaphobe and the image of something like a zillion people descending en masse upon a boba buffet (like we used to at a certain self-serve frozen […]

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best playgrounds in the northwest and seattle center for kids

A very pinterest-worthy and maybe the best playground in Seattle so far (Artists at Play, Seattle Center)

July 13, 2015

I always read these lists of best playgrounds in the world and there are never any west coast, North American playgrounds in them.  Maybe people think we get too much rain here? Or maybe we keep our parks a secret.  But lately we’ve had endless sunny skies and we’ve been outdoors all the time and […]

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table upstairs in Delaurentis

My current favorite lunch spot in Pike Place Market (Seattle, WA)

March 26, 2015

I’ve been volunteering at the Pike Place Market in Seattle for a little while now and I’m still surprised that every time I visit I find some place that’s new to me.  There are so many neat little shops and vendors and they are all so unique-the other day I found myself in a corridor […]

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New Year’s frozen adventuring in Mercer Slough (Bellevue, Washington)

January 2, 2015

I hope 2015 will be the year of adventure.  From becoming an aunt for the first time, and having trips to Tofino and California cemented in stone, and knowing the cabin will be finished sometime this year, we know there’s going to be no shortage of excitement around here for sure. So we started the […]

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Friday Postcards from a Seattle Summer

July 25, 2014

For the past month I haven’t had any will to travel anywhere, the weather has been perfect and Seattle is just brilliant in the summer sunshine.  So I have something like 14000 photos from the last 30 days stuck in my phone.  About a hundred were of this little armadillo at the Point Defiance Zoo. […]

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Little secret garden at Pike Place Market (Seattle, Wa)

June 13, 2014

The hubby and I joke about how often we come to Pike Place Market.  And since I decided that I love the mint ice cream at nearby Bottega Italia, I think we’ve been coming a LOT more than usual (We visited at least 8 times in the past couple weeks and each visit except our […]

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Another Hiking Adventure with our kids (Discovery Park, Seattle)

June 9, 2014

So many lovely days start off with pancakes and although this past weekend wasn’t a pancake weekend, (I’ll let you know about our fun and wild adventures from this weekend’s trip to Whistler soon enough!) the morning of our hiking adventure in Discovery Park with our kids was and I hope we can repeat this […]

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One really awesome thing: Mini Metropolitan Market at the Children’s Museum (Seattle, WA)

March 19, 2014

I would have loved this as a kid and I bet you would have too.  At the Seattle Children’s Museum they have an area where the kids can scan items on a real cash register like they have in real stores. We played blow-out sale at Mini Metropolitan Market this morning with our shopping carts […]

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Seattle Memberships you might consider if you like to travel with your family

March 5, 2014

We have memberships to many of our local museums and I think we’ve even been zoo members for nearly 10 years now.  (Yes, we were members even BEFORE having kids.  I absolutely love our Woodland Park Zoo!)  Seattle memberships are one of the ways we get to do so many things with our family in […]

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An inspiring visit at the Gates Foundation Visitor Center (Seattle, WA)

December 12, 2013

I had been meaning to go to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Visitor’s Center forever, but I kept putting it off.  I think it was a little too intimidating, like I was preparing for a visit to Mr. Gates’ house or something.  What would I wear?  What would we do? What if we were […]

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Thankful Monday (and you better get your Seattle Restaurant Week Reservations) You’re welcome.

October 14, 2013

One of the best things about being a bunch of cultures is combining celebrations and on Canadian Thanksgiving weekend I’m always so thankful for my roots because I get two turkey weekends every year.  We had a homemade meal with my family and even though the pie barely survived a 5-year old dumping an entire […]

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Another tour in our hometown: the Emerald City Trolley

August 16, 2013

I’m not sure when we first saw this brilliant green thing motoring around the city, but the Bean’s eyes lit up and he couldn’t believe what it was.  “WE HAVE A TROLLEY!!!!!”  We totally do.  There is a trolley in Seattle and the other day we met up with our lovely friends to take a […]

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Tourists in our own Town: Ride the Ducks Seattle

July 28, 2013

Last week we knocked off one Seattle tour we’ve been dying to do on our mini summer bucket list.  A friend of ours made a group reservation for Ride the Ducks and we joined three other sets of twins for a quackingly fabulous time.  It was nice that we were allowed to bring drinks and […]

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