Author: Caroline

Got a sneak peek of the new Lego exhibit at Museum of History and Industry, which runs May 25 to Sept. 22. Here’s my story for The Seattle Times.

I loved researching this story about Pioneer Square for ParentMap!

Food appreciation post, because the best way to explore a neighborhood is through your stomach. 1. OHSUN Banchan cafe and deliFresh, bright ingredients; delicious homey Korean cooking. The thing I love most about Korean food is the banchan, and they had plenty of it there! This picture is $100 worth of food — you get…

19 years in Seattle and I finally went up Smith Tower for the first time. It was INCREDIBLE. Well worth a look inside and a ride to the top. At 42 stories, Smith Tower isn’t particularly tall now, but it was the 4th tallest in the world when it opened 110 years ago. I loved…

When you live in a place, you wind up taking stuff for granted. I admit it has been years since I’d been to the Klondike Gold Rush Museum and I’d forgotten how nicely done it is. Super fun and super FREE.

Paul went on a school field trip to the ID — for some of the kids in the class, it was their first time in this neighborhood. (It’s 15 minutes away.) Paul came back raving about the restaurant where all the third graders ate. “Mama, it was so delicious! It was beautiful inside! And huge!”…

Happy 9 years old!

Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander heritage month with a good book! Here are 10 fantastic picture books by AAPI Seattle-area authors and illustrators: Tricky Chopsticks, 2024, by Sylvia Chen (Kirkland)Brave Mrs. Sato, 2023, by Lori Matsukawa (Bellevue)Chloe’s Lunar New Year, 2024, by Lily LaMotte (Port Townsend)Let’s Do Everything and Nothing, 2022, by Julia Kuo (Bellevue)How to…

Fun day trip with kids! Right next to the Bremerton ferry terminal, there a great park with big fountains and a FREE naval museum. The naval museum has a cute kids play room on the second floor and friendly volunteers. Not far away, there’s a navy ship you can tour too, the USS Turner Joy…

Nice little walk through the Theler wetlands in Belfair. It’s a small reserve with a 3-mile trail with boardwalks over the wetlands. There’s a tiny playground at the start, and cool birds to be seen.