Category: The Seattle Times

Alderbrook Resort & Spa is less than 2 hours from Seattle, but wow, what a world apart. We spent two nights in the cutest little cottage overlooking the fjord. The views are killer, and the restaurant is to die for. Suggested itinerary: Eat, relax, swim, repeat.

We were thoroughly spoiled by a stay at Alderbrook. April is Oyster Month, and Alderbrook has its own oyster farm and the executive chef is an oyster farmer. We learned so much about oysters and ATE so many oysters. Here’s a link to my story for Seattle’s Child.

En route to spring break! But first, a stop at the airport newsstand for a peek at today’s paper. I wrote this week’s At Home cover story for The Seattle Times. How to make your yard sale a success: ➡ Strength in numbers➡ Promote it➡ Price to sell➡ Stage it right➡ Get the kids involved➡ And…

The Quad is in bloom! We wore our party clothes (where else do you get fancy in Seattle??) to take in the sun and cherry blossoms.

My latest story for The Seattle Times is all about setting boundaries, literally. What you need to know if you’re thinking about building a fence. Here’s a link.

This child lost 8 teeth in less than 10 months. The tooth fairy is tired! At this point, I’m not sure how he even eats, he’s got so many holes in his smile.

If you only have one day in Vancouver, here’s what I’d do:  Park at Science World (flat rate $12 until 6:30 p.m.) Science World admission is FREE with Pacific Science Center membership and it is super fun Take the Aquabus from Science World to Granville Island Granville Island! There’s a 2-story kids market, artist studios,…

Capilano Suspension Bridge Park: $67 per adult, $27 per kid Lynn Canyon Park: Free Guess which one the kids liked better? Lynn Canyon!! (I could have saved myself a LOT of money.) Lynn Canyon is a little like Discovery Park, it’s adjacent to a residential neighborhood, it’s 15 minutes from downtown Vancouver, and it feels…

Lunch date with these XLB enthusiasts. Dinesty is the real deal —they even have shao bing you tiao 燒餅油條 on their “breakfast” menu (anytime before 2:30 p.m.). The boys’ favorite thing to do in Vancouver is renting bikes and riding the 6-mile Stanley Park loop. The path is flat, paved and impossibly scenic. For most…

I guess B.C. kids didn’t have the week off from school, because Steveston Village was a ghost town and we had Terra Nova Adventure Park all to ourselves — except for a bald eagle keeping watch over the zip line! Some photos out and about in Richmond. First stop, of course, was Yaohan Centre for…