Category: The Seattle Times

I write about a lot of playgrounds, and this one is extra special. I talked to Mika’s mom about the new inclusive playground in Edmonds built in his memory. Mika was a 10-year-old boy who loved playing outside with his friends. At Mika’s Playground, there are no wood chips to get stuck in wheels, wheelchairs…

Birthday season

I wrote about creative kitchen and bath storage solutions for The Seattle Times. Link to the story here, with specific product recommendations from pro organizers.

We saw the corpse flower today! Complete lucky accident. I booked Amazon Spheres tickets 15 days ago not knowing the corpse flower was about bloom. The corpse flower blooms only once every 5-10 years, and only for 48 hours. It’s called the corpse flower because it smells like rotting flesh. If you’ve never smelled rotting…

Seattle ranks No. 2 among this summer’s top travel destinations in the United States. Here’s the lowdown on where to take your out-of-town guests, with all the insider tips. Full story here on ParentMap.

Shooting in bright sunlight directly overhead is the WORST possible lighting situation. I pulled out all the tricks out of my photo bag for this assignment: long lens, layering, playing with flares, looking for shadows, getting up high. I think I did ok! The story is about the new inclusive playground at Lynnwood’s Meadowdale Playfields, where…

It’s blueberry season! The bushes at Larsen Lake Blueberry Farm are dripping with big juicy berries. The season runs NOW through early September-ish.  @larsenlakeblueberryfarm started in the 1940s, and today covers 14 acres. • 700 148th Avenue SE, Bellevue• Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday to Saturday; 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. • Closed Monday and…

The boys showed me a shortcut through the woods and we walked from our house in Magnolia to Ballard in 15 minutes! The National Nordic Museum moved to its current home in 2018, and I love love love that building. I may have gone in just because where else can I sit in a $9,600…

It’s salmon season! You can watch three species of Pacific salmon pass through the Ballard Locks during the summer months. They swim 40 to 50 miles upriver to spawn! Sockeye: June to July Chinook: August Coho: September Admission is free! Open every day, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Water + playground + sun = summer perfection