Author: Caroline

I could not decide what to get at Sabine Cafe, so just to be safe, I got them all! The pastries often sell out in the afternoon, so consider yourself warned. We tried the chocolate croissant, a twice-baked almond croissant and a plum danish with the prettiest chamomile blossoms on top. Sabine is designed to…

Now THIS is a Chinatown. Ice cream and food and shopping!

Times Square and 30 Rock, to the world’s greatest toy store. FAO Schwarz isn’t a regular store; there are people inside doing magic tricks and cool demos. It takes alllll your willpower to walk out without buying everything. Keep scrolling if you’re not into Harry Potter (COME ON NOW). We couldn’t go to NYC without…

A few more pictures from Lincoln Park. A day like today makes me thankful to live in the PNW. Cool and cloudy, tall trees and beautiful beaches.

Thomas Dambo Seattle troll #2! At Lincoln Park in West Seattle. Here’s a link to my story about the troll project for Seattle’s Child.

NYC day 1: The Public Library, Central Park and the Met. First time in the city since Before Kids, and I have missed it so much. Standing in sweaty strangers’ pits on the subway and all!

When Thomas Edison was 7, his teacher called him “addled” and kicked him out of school. So his mother homeschooled him. Today he might be labeled ADHD or autistic. And he became America’s most famous inventor. We spent a day at his West Orange lab complex, where Edison perfected his phonograph and developed a rechargeable…

We stopped in Rhode Island to see the famous Newport mansions. So much fun gawking at the lavishness of the Gilded Age!

It seemed fitting to wrap up our Boston trip by finishing the Freedom Trail and picking up a box of Mike’s for the road. Goodbye, Boston!

I splurged on a whale watch and I’m not exaggerating when I say it’s an experience we won’t forget. We got RIGHT in the middle of seven humpback whales diving around their feeding grounds 25 miles off the coast of Boston. Their tails are as unique as fingerprints, and the on board naturalist identified some…