Author: Caroline

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…

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…

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.

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…

5th and 1st grade!

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…

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.

TBT: Pullman in the ’80s, and Pullman now. It was fun to see my childhood haunts again: Wawawai, Reaney Park, McGee Park, Jefferson Elementary, Kamiak apartments.

Pullman is a small and friendly town, and I mentioned in this Seattle Times story how the mayor of Pullman even gave me his cell phone number. After the story ran online, the mayor of Seattle e-mailed me to give me HER cell phone number! Bwahahahaha! Who knew Jenny Durkan has a sense of humor? Chris…

We are using these final days of freedom before s****l starts up to hit up our favorite playgrounds. The boys call this the Chutes and Ladders playground; it’s West Fenwick Park in Kent. A bit of a haul, but this place is UN-FREAKING-BELIEVABLE. Then as we were about to leave (after two solid hours of…