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Category: The Seattle Times

  • Fall farm spotlight: Maris Farms and Stocker Farms

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    Maris Farms: Did I drive all the way out to Buckley, Wash., just for this slide? Yup. Gone are the days when the boys would be entertained by a wheelbarrow and a couple of pumpkins, now they want alllll the bells and whistles at the pumpkin patch. The mega slide, candy cannon, zip line and…

  • Happy Halloween!

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    Happy Halloween from Seattle! Every year when I’m ankle-deep in crafting debris, I question my sanity, why I don’t I drop $20 at Target and be done?? But that wouldn’t be as much fun. Made everything from stuff lying around the house, which means I’m eco-friendly. And a hoarder.

  • Seattle’s Overlook Walk connects Pike Place with the waterfront

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    Overlook Walk might just change your mind about downtown Seattle. Come see it for yourself! I wrote about 7 fun freebies at Seattle’s newest park for Seattle’s Child.

  • Giant bubble recipe

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    Just four ingredients, to make the most amazing giant bubbles: 1 tablespoon guar gum (order from Amazon) 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 cup dish soap (Dawn Ultra works best) 1 gallon water Combine everything in a big bucket.

  • LegoLand Dos and Don’ts

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    Legoland > Disneyland, 100 percent. Disneyland is for adults on their phones all day buying $220 lightsabers. Legoland seems like it was actually designed for kids. Lots of playground areas, building activities, and overall a much, much more relaxed vibe. Legoland’s rides are very tame, which is fine by me, I’m a big chicken anyway.…

  • 9 best things to do in San Diego

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    We snuck away for a few glorious days in San Diego, and slunk back to Seattle wondering why aren’t we living in a place we could be in the ocean every day. San Diego was unreal. There are the beaches, which look like movie sets with white sand and palm trees. Then there’s LegoLand, the…

  • Family-friendly San Francisco

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    One last photo dump from beautiful San Francisco, a city as maligned as Seattle. School starting means major travel withdrawal, so for now I just look at pictures — I take a lot of them! Here’s a link to my story for Seattle’s Child: family-friendly adventures in San Francisco.

  • Golden Gate Bridge

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    I hadn’t seen the Golden Gate Bridge since I was maybe 7? This trip I made up for lost time: we biked, bused AND walked across it. Here’s a link to my story for Seattle’s Child: family-friendly adventures in San Francisco.

  • New(ish) SF park with stunning Golden Gate Bridge views

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    Tunnel Tops is a new public park, opened in 2022, that reminded me a lot of our Olympic Sculpture Park. Both are extraordinarily beautiful spaces with unbelievable views that replaced an eyesore. Also, free! When the highway leading to the Golden Gate Bridge was damaged in an earthquake, San Francisco rebuilt the highway in a…

  • Modern Chinese cuisine at SF’s China Live

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    Verrrrrry suspicious ordering 滷肉飯 from a nice young man named Jorge but the food at China Live turned out to be authentically delicious. The chef is Taiwanese, the menu is pan-Asia Chinese, and care was put into every last design detail of the space. They’re trying to be the Eataly of Chinese food, which I…