Category: The Seattle Times

Pros and cons, the Kringle’s Filling Station edition: Pros: Cons: The verdict: We’ll be back!

Step 1: Declutter and organizeStep 2: CleanStep 3: Set up the guest roomStep 4: Inventory your dishes, chairsStep 5: Decorate for cheap, aka find some pinecones … (Step 6: Sleep for a week! 😅) I wrote this week’s At Home cover story for The Seattle Times.

Q: What was the first Christmas carol played in space? A: Jingle Bells! Paul correctly guessed the answer and won a candy cane from Santa. Loved the trivia contest, Seattle Girls Choir and hot cocoa on board the Argosy Christmas ship. We’ll watch from shore later this month when they come through Ballard Locks. Such…

Thinking about going to the Seattle Christmas Market? Pros: Cons:

This is the honest Enchant Christmas review you need. In a nutshell, Enchant is like Disney. It’s magical and beautiful and your kids will LOVE it. But prepare to pay an arm and a leg for admission and, once inside, to be nickeled and dimed on everything.

A regular tree lighting is anti-climactic, but a tree lighting with fireworks?! Downtown Seattle Association put on a great show. It made my heart so happy to see Westlake packed with people. Impressive fireworks. We’ve never watched a show so close-up! The Nordstrom Santa came up to the window and waved to kids in between…

I wrote about my favorite time of year in Seattle. Sure, the holidays can be expensive, but it doesn’t have to be. My story made the lede story on seattletimes.com! Here’s a link.

Someday I’ll have my aesthetic Christmas tree, and then I’ll probably miss when the kids loved making their own ornaments. Our annual salt dough day is still the holiday event they look forward to most. Here’s the recipe: 4 cups of flour1 cup of saltAbout 2 cups of hot water (keep adding until it gets…

Sneak peek at WildLanterns at Woodland Park Zoo! This is our favorite splurge for the holidays, and we love that it’s an entirely new show every year. Yes, tickets are pricey, but the money goes directly to animal care and conservation projects. Here’s a link to my story for Seattle’s Child. This year’s favorites: a giant…

There’s a guy two blocks over who grows giant pumpkins in his front yard. I’ve always been curious about his tradition, so when my editor asked for fall pitches, I suggested the pumpkin man. Here’s a link to my story for The Seattle Times. Some burning questions: What does he do with the pumpkins after…