Author: Caroline

I think I’ve died and gone to xiao long bao heaven. Fifty frozen dumplings for $30, from Xiao Chi Jie in Bellevue. Ordering and delivery was fast and easy, and then it only took 11 minutes in the steamer to turn my house into a personal Din Tai Fung. Free delivery over $50, $5 off first-time order…

There’s no substitute for the hours of play supervised by SOMEONE ELSE, but we can create summer camp-inspired fun in the backyard. Lots of ideas in my story in The Seattle Times.   This year especially, I LOVE that we have this amazing back yard. . . . The old baby tub is still very…

Homeschooling, distance learning, virtual schooling, whatever you want to call it, there are 9 days left. Not sure if I’m going to regret this, but I signed up for summer school too.

I finally went in on the Getty challenge. Couldn’t resist, seems like the perfect way to torture my family. Henry Fuseli   Balthasar Denner Edward Hopper Piet Mondrian   Arnold Newman

Flowers from our garden. Gosh I am so indecisive! Which frame is better, the one further out where you can see the edges of the flowers (above), or the tighter one (below)? .

The house smelled SO good while these were cooking. Frozen dumplings from Szechuan Noodle Bowl, $40 for a bag of 50. I meant to eat half, save the other half for later, but… oops.

Hey there, handsome.