Author: Caroline

Seattle’s greatest gag gift shop turns 40 this year! Here are 10 things you didn’t know you needed at Archie McPhee…

A bit of Seattle quirkiness under the Aurora bridge.

A stop at the International Rose Test Garden in Washington Park to round out our Portland trip. Snacks for the road. Goodbye, Portland!

It’s been way too long. Nom nom!

The new orca special exhibit at OMSI includes three life-size orcas and it is STUNNING. (Psst, Pacific Science Center members get in free.) The Burke Museum also just opened an orca exhibit: the Burke’s is half of a small room, and OMSI’s is two floors of cavernous galleries. Go to Portland. We learned that the…

Take a break between meals at Terra Nova Adventure Play Environment. If anything, running around this nature-themed playground will help you work up an appetite. Terra Nova, a 12-minute drive west of Richmond’s central eating district, looks unlike any other playground you’ve been to. Features include a 115-foot long tandem zipline and a 30-foot-tall spiral slide.…

My first Seattle Mag byline! Link to the story here.

It felt like a crime to eat these! We caught dim sum at Neptune Seafood Restaurant in Burnaby a half hour before closing, and you wouldn’t believe how fast I ordered.

Drive through Stanley Park, over the Lions Gate Bridge, and 10 minutes later, you’ve arrived in a temperate rainforest at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park. The park’s famous bridge sways 230 feet above the Capilano River. We found the side attractions even more thrilling: a treetop catwalk and a cliff-hugging path. There are lots of stairs…

If you’re used to Seattle’s Pacific Science Center, your mind will be blown by Vancouver’s Science World. Science World is located at the head of False Creek, capped by a distinctive dome originally built for Expo 86. The exhibits are fresh and interactive, covering the natural world, the human body, physics, dinosaurs and so, so…