Middle-aged mom and dad blogger who write about entertainment, cooking, gardening, photography, travel and more from Seattle.
My niece and her kids live in Texas, so I don’t get to see them very often. In fact, I’ve never met the youngest, Gracie, prior to them coming up this last weekend to another niece’s wedding. I had a fabulous time hanging out with the girls! Here’s a photo of the oldest, Issabelle, in [...]
I’ve lived in Seattle nearly 40 years and I’ve only been to the Pike Place Market a handful of times. It’s too touristy for me and so we generally only make the trip when out-of-town guests visits. My niece was married last Saturday so we did the tourist thing with our nephew from Arkansas. I [...]
I have straight hair, so you’re probably wondering why I’d use a flat iron. I use it to take some of the volume out of my hair, especially at the bottom. I have a slight wave underneath the top straight layers and a flat iron smooths out those wavy layers beautifully. I was fortunate to [...]
KOOZA from Cirque du Soleil is now playing in Seattle! KOOZA is a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil: It combines two circus traditions – acrobatic performance and the art of clowning. The show is set in an electrifying and exotic visual world full of surprises, thrills, chills, audacity and total involvement. Truly [...]
As you celebrated independence on July 4th, considering posting a note to our troops. This year, the USO has made it easier than ever to let our service men and women know how we feel. They’ve set up a special July 4th wall of support where you can post your message — and where troops [...]
