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Author: Caroline

  • Stroopwafels

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    Stroopwafels! All the way from the Netherlands.

  • Ramona Quimby’s Portland

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    Did you love Beverly Cleary’s books too? Klickitat Street is a real place! We binge-read the Ramona Quimby series, then went on a walking tour of the Portland neighborhood where the stories are set. My story is in The Seattle Times here.

  • Mid-autumn moon festival

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    Happy mooncake day!

  • Matcha pastries

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    A friend who knows my heart dropped off a care package with these matcha pastries, all the way from Vancouver, B.C. Me: “Oooh, they look like little green cabbages!” Paul: “Oooh, they look like little green poops!” Hands down, the most DELICIOUS little green poops I have ever eaten. And I’m relieved Paul is getting…

  • Positive for COVID

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    My first grader tested positive for COVID last week. It was his FOURTH day of school. The class was not quarantined, or even required to get tested. The school did not notify all the parents in his grade, much less the rest of the building. We were not offered testing in the school. I did…

  • Labor Day

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    Wheeeeee! I wouldn’t mind if every week were a four-day week, really. At one of our favorite playgrounds (it has an elevator AND a zip line), Surry Downs Park.

  • Indie bookstores and dumplings

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    Part I of I-can’t-believe-I get-to-write-things-I-love: indie bookstores! There is a bookstore dedicated to design/architecture books, a bookstore for cookbooks, a bookstore where the books are organized by emotion. We’re a city of readers. Part II of I-can’t-believe-I get-to-write-things-I-love: dumplings! How to make them (and where to buy the best frozen ones, let’s get real) in…

  • Back to school

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    5th and 1st grade!

  • St. Edwards lodge

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    Couldn’t resist taking a peek inside the Lodge at St. Edward State Park, even though we weren’t staying there. They were setting up for the wedding of the kid of the Space Needle’s owners, and due to an oversight, we didn’t make the guest list. A century year ago this building was a seminary, then…

  • St. Edwards State Park playground

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    Adding another one to my list of “I can’t believe I’ve never been here before:” St. Edwards State Park. It’s about 35 minutes away, HUGE park. We didn’t even do any of the trails or explore the beach, we just played at this cool old wooden castle playground. They don’t make playgrounds like this anymore.