Category: The Seattle Times

I had a craving for my mom’s scallion pancakes, so I made a batch for the first time in ages. Our family recipe uses just four ingredients, and it’s a batter, not a dough, so it is SUPER EASY. 3 cups flour, 3 cups milk, 3 eggs and one bunch of scallions chopped up. Mix it…

Playing hometown tourist… the Space Needle from below, and Seattle from above!

The only remaining single digits member of the house is also a contortionist…!

We’re spending this week binging the Harry Potter series because Saturday is… the 20th anniversary special!! Harry Potter-inspired treats, in The Seattle Times.

An absolutely magical day in the snow. It snowed!!! We missed having a white Christmas by a few hours, but the white Boxing Day was the best present ever.

Someone really didn’t want Christmas to be over. (Paul is in charge of our household’s calendars.)

We thought we’d hit Kringle’s Filling Station near Greenlake during the break, and lots of other kids on break had the same idea too. Kitschy and fun. I drew the line at the $4 hot chocolate, though, even if it does look like it’s coming out the gas pump. My kids wouldn’t be getting the…

Now that school is out, they wanted to go to… school. To the new playground at school, specifically, on a day off so they could have the place to (mostly) themselves. The elegant building across the street is the old Queen Anne High — built in 1909, it was converted into condos 15 years ago.…

Our highly-anticipated, annual salt dough ornament day. Ingredients: 4 cups of flour, 1 cup of salt, 2 cups of hot water.

It’s here! Queen Anne’s Rosebud Motel is back with a surprise addition for this year: The Moira’s Rose’s Garden 4856. My story is in The Seattle Times here. Best wishes, warmest regards.