Category: The Seattle Times

We snuck onto a tour of The Post-Standard’s printing press. The 20-year-old press is now obsolete, it’s headed for scrap, and the paper will be printed in Harrisburg, Pa., instead. I remember when the press was brand new, what a big deal it was, and how beautiful that registration was. The end of an era.…

Team Lilypad took 8th place at the library’s Harry Potter trivia contest and chocolate tasting night! Big step up from our 19th place finish last time. Quick! What color birthday cake did Hagrid make Harry in the BOOK? What color are unicorn foals? Who DIDNT get a howler, Ron, Hermione or Harry? Harry Potter themed…

Ditched my kids and I’m alone at Target. Lord help me.

First time all the Chens are together since 2019!

We played 18 holes — no, wait, we SWAM through 18 holes of putt putt. Boy I’d forgotten about sticky Syracuse summers. Meanwhile in Seattle, 75 and overcast.

Rite of passage: Maid of the Mist. It felt like going to a spray park, on a boat!

Goodbye, Mount Rainier! We’re back East for a few weeks to do some long-delayed catching up. Backyard fun with cousins. We waited three years for this!!

The boys helped make a cake to celebrate THIS MANY trips around the sun. Every year, Ikea sends me a birthday present. Last year, it was a bathmat. This year, I got a vase. Being a grown-up seems so much more exciting when you’re little.

The yummiest veggies are the ones grown in our backyard.

Beautiful day for a Bainbridge Island adventure. Playgrounds and beach time, and the prettiest ferry ride ever. Within 20 minute at Fay Bainbridge, a bald eagle flew by, then an osprey and a great blue heron.