Category: The Seattle Times

Most of the time I run an autocratic dictatorship, but once in a blue moon, I get to shake things up and be the fun mom. We threw homework routines and bedtime out the window and spent two hours at a new arcade, on a school night! Topped it off with greasy pizza and fries…

Realized that my children have never had pork floss and congee before and finally fixed that mom fail. Paul noticed, “It looks like it tastes bad, but it tastes good.”

Happy New Year! With my favorite bunny and sheep at the classical Chinese garden in West Seattle. I love shooting here. It’s so peaceful and beautiful, and those geometric patterns are the neatest. Deep cleaning the house is a part of new year’s prep; I wrote about the tradition for The Seattle Times here. We…

OMG. Sweetest gift ever. And New Year’s resolution derailed in record time!

Tried a new-to-us boba place just for the cute logo. (Boba Tea Lab in Kent, and it was good!)

Dim sum in Renton as good as Richmond, B.C.!!? According to The Seattle Times. I had to try Triumph Valley, and it was… okay. The two items Tan extolled, the salted egg yolk mochi and the crispy shrimp rice roll, I was hoping for my mind to be blown. Both were fine, mind not blown.…

Fun day at the zoo!

Last day for Candy Cane Lane in Ravenna is Sunday, Jan 1. We loved the signs in front of each house saying “peace” in different languages. There was English, Spanish and German, but also Navajo, Azerbaijani, Tibetan and Serbian. We ended 2022 with a stop at the amazing Menashe house, 5605 Beach Drive SW in West…

Bison stew and fry bread with berries from Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center in Discovery Park. Paul said his favorite part was “the white stuff” (whipped cream).

My next door neighbors have this tree with beautiful red bark, and I was going to try to take a picture of the iced branches. Two slick steps down my porch and I changed my mind. Pretty sure unless you’re driving a Zamboni, you shouldn’t be on the streets today.