Category: The Seattle Times

A few more pictures from Lincoln Park. A day like today makes me thankful to live in the PNW. Cool and cloudy, tall trees and beautiful beaches.

Thomas Dambo Seattle troll #2! At Lincoln Park in West Seattle. Here’s a link to my story about the troll project for Seattle’s Child.

NYC day 1: The Public Library, Central Park and the Met. First time in the city since Before Kids, and I have missed it so much. Standing in sweaty strangers’ pits on the subway and all!

When Thomas Edison was 7, his teacher called him “addled” and kicked him out of school. So his mother homeschooled him. Today he might be labeled ADHD or autistic. And he became America’s most famous inventor. We spent a day at his West Orange lab complex, where Edison perfected his phonograph and developed a rechargeable…

We stopped in Rhode Island to see the famous Newport mansions. So much fun gawking at the lavishness of the Gilded Age!

It seemed fitting to wrap up our Boston trip by finishing the Freedom Trail and picking up a box of Mike’s for the road. Goodbye, Boston!

I splurged on a whale watch and I’m not exaggerating when I say it’s an experience we won’t forget. We got RIGHT in the middle of seven humpback whales diving around their feeding grounds 25 miles off the coast of Boston. Their tails are as unique as fingerprints, and the on board naturalist identified some…

Christmas in August! We usually go see WildLanterns at Woodland Park Zoo over the holidays, but at Boston Lights is held during the summer. SO PRETTY.

The Bainbridge Island Troll is here! Pia the Peacekeeper is the first troll in the Seattle area; next up are West Seattle, Issaquah, Vashon and Ballard. We were sworn to secrecy in exchange for watching Danish environmental artist Thomas Dambo and his crew finish the build. The secrecy is part of the game, so you…

This was a one and done for us. At the end of the day, Plymouth Rock is… a rock. We went aboard the Mayflower Il, where 102 passengers and their livestock crowded in the tween deck. One woman even gave birth during the voyage; imagine the lack of privacy!