Category: The Seattle Times

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…

Quintessential Seattle moment: Mak Fai Kung Fu Dragon & Lion Dance Association at Pike Place. I got there early, staked out a good spot with a long lens, waited… and GOT THE SHOT. We closed out the 15th day of the Lunar New Year in the ID, which turned into one giant block party. So…

I wrote this week’s At Home cover story for The Seattle Times about ways to make your move gentler on the planet. Here’s a link to my story, with tips from someone’s who’s moved 6 times in the past 5 years!

Dragon valentines!

The best lion dance in Seattle: I’ve seen a lot of lion dances in Seattle and now I can tell you THE VERY BEST one is at Tet in Seattle Center. Mak Fai Kung Fu performed outdoors, in front of Fisher Pavilion. GREAT sight lines, big enough to accommodate the crowd, the perfect weather didn’t…

Macro lens on a resting butterfly. Butterflies are classified as Lepidoptera because their wings are covered in tiny scales.

Anida Yoeu Ali exhibit at the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park. Through July 7. It is SO GOOD.

The sun came out (briefly)! Here’s proof.

The mosquitos got a few parting chomps, my least favorite souvenir. Home to the land of flushing toilet paper, of shower curtains, a clothes dryer and drinking tap water. Goodbye narrow alleys, scooters darting around pedestrians, clotheslines, bars over every window and door, the visual chaos of signage gone wild. Miss you.