Author: Caroline

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…

Tofu pudding and grass jelly?! How could something so yummy have such terrible names??

My favorite room at the Seattle Art Museum is the gallery with Australian aboriginal art. It’s part of the permanent collection, tucked in the back next to Northwest Native art. Love how they use a bunch of dots to tell a beautiful visual story. I could stare at these forever. More easy at-home art ideas…

Happiness is getting the pool all to yourself.

Heart attack in a box! We basically waddled home from Portland.

The two luckiest kids in the world got to feed the giraffes at the zoo! The big guy here is Dave, and he loved his treat of lettuce leaves and biscuits.

Daytrip to Mount Rainier to see the beautiful alpine meadows! These are the trails we did: Myrtle Falls (1 mile round trip), Nisqually Vista (1.2 miles round trip) and Narada Falls (0.4 mile round trip). Not exactly hard-core hikers.

We went to an after-hours Connections event at The Museum of Flight, and I couldn’t believe it, we had the whole huge museum practically to ourselves. Only 16 families signed up. Really?? We got to see how low air pressure makes water boil in a vacuum chamber (which is why astronauts need super duper space…