Author: Caroline

One perfect day in Vancouver: Science World, Aqua bus and Granville Island. Every year I ask the kids if they want a party or a trip for their birthday, and invariably they choose a trip. For Joseph’s birthday, we drove across the border and did all his favorite things. We did not eat out one…

Well that was… anticlimactic. We went to check out the hot air balloons at Seattle Center, along with a surging bridge-and-tunnel crowd. I thought the balloons would be illuminated like the pretty WildLanterns at the zoo; Paul thought they would fly. They did neither. Instead, the balloons just went hiss! and pooof! every once in…

Do tacos taste better when they’re from a sketchy sidewalk stand? When the hours are erratic and it’s cash only? Maybe it’s the thrill of the chase, maybe it’s the heat of the trompo and the self-serve buckets of toppings with questionable hygiene. Tacos La Cuadra opened a brick-and-mortar restaurant on 15th at 73rd, near…

My Richmond Night Market story, in print in the Sunday Seattle Times. It’s the nicest play I’ve ever gotten. My news designer heart is full. 

It is really nice watching the waterfront project come together. The construction is supposed to be completely finished this summer and the waterfront already feels so much cleaner and friendlier. This is the $2 MILLION new public restroom. Six all gender single stalls, an open-air shared sink area, and most importantly, a full-time attendant keeping…

Panda Fest at Seattle Center is a new event in Seattle and I hope it comes back next year! Full of CUTENESS and yummy food. I will say it’s pretty expensive — be mentally prepared to drop $200. Most food items run $15-25. Bring wipes and lots of money! What we ate: tang hulu, sushi…

Took the kids to experience their Irish heritage and some Seattle history at Kells. The building, in Post Alley, was Seattle’s first full-service mortuary. They did the body processing and casket sales and even had a chapel in-house. Around the time of the Spanish flu, there would be bodies in the streets so they’d pay…

We’ve been to enough of these “immersive experiences” to know they’re basically expensive photo ops. But they’re fun and hands on, so we went to check it out. Bubble Planet should probably have been named Balloon Planet, because the exhibit is mostly balloons. (There’s a separate “Balloon Museum” making the rounds, so maybe copyright issues?)…

This was a lovely surprise! My photo from RoozenGaarde got a full page in the current issue of 1889 magazine. And our annual trip up to see the tulips. It’s been so wet and cool lately, the Tulip Festival got extended through May 4.

A beautiful day on Lake Union. Public Sail happens on the last Sunday of the month, April to October. I do not swim, sail, kayak, sup or any other aquatic activity, so I got a steamboat ride thanks to the kind volunteers at the Center for Wooden Boats. Loved getting this fresh perspective of the…