Posted in Fun Pile, Travel on Jul 23rd, 2007 2 Comments »
I just returned from five days and four nights of camping in the rain. It was a little overwhelming, but we just couldn’t stay away as it was the week of our favorite music festival on an island north of Seattle. For five days everything felt damp, even if it wasn’t actually wet – my [...]
Posted in Family, Travel on Jun 13th, 2007 3 Comments »
On the North side of the property is the obligatory patch of trees to block the frigid winter winds, on the South side of the house stand three grand trees to shade the house from the summer sun, and all around the perimeter was a cut-lawn path of grass where my sister and her dogs [...]
Posted in Things, Travel on Jun 10th, 2007 1 Comment »
Sweltering … [choke]… dripping… [gasp]… so hot… [gasp]… can’t breath… [hack]… air is too thick…
Posted in Family, Travel on Jun 10th, 2007 2 Comments »
I survived a three hour flight to Minnesota with the kids Friday night despite the fact that our Northwest Airlines flight was delayed TWO HOURS. Never did I think a flight would be delayed TWO HOURS – twenty minutes, maybe, but TWO HOURS did not cross my mind – so the kids and I were [...]
Posted in Everyday, Travel on May 16th, 2007 5 Comments »
Posted in Blog Stuff, Travel on Feb 24th, 2007 1 Comment »
I have to admit that I wasn’t all that excited about coming to Northern Voice this weekend – but only because it’s been a busy month of traveling, and I was feeling overwhelmed. On the way to a party on Thursday night for friends who were in town I said to Bryan, ‘Would you be [...]
Posted in Blog Stuff, Travel on Feb 23rd, 2007 2 Comments »
Because you can never pack, unpack, and repack a suitcase (or three) too many times in a two month period, we are on the road again. On the heals of our trip to Portland last weekend in which our children also went in separate directions to be cared for, I had three days to turn [...]
Posted in Food & Drink, Travel on Feb 20th, 2007 No Comments »
Saturday night we saw Babel in a cute art house theater in North Portland (review to follow), and we stopped in to this wine bar for something to tide us over until dinner. We ordered a yummy French wine and a cheese plate, and listened to the colorful employees bickering in the kitchen. The bar [...]
Posted in Food & Drink, Picture Book, Travel on Feb 17th, 2007 2 Comments »
After spending the morning at Powell’s we spent the afternoon reading in a coffee shop. I’m not a big fan of sweet drinks, alcoholic or otherwise, and was not in the mood for your standard drip coffee. So I tried a macchiato, which is a shot (or two) of espresso with foam. Have you ever [...]
Posted in Books, Picture Book, Travel on Feb 17th, 2007 5 Comments »
Posted in Picture Book, Travel on Feb 17th, 2007 No Comments »
Posted in Learning, Ruthie, Thomas, Travel, Video on Feb 5th, 2007 10 Comments »
Our trip to the San Jose area couldn’t have come at a better time. I’ve spent the last couple months reorganizing and reprioritizing my focus as a mother and household manager, trying to correct the part of my brain that sometimes finds it easier to focus on the latter and see the former as a [...]
Posted in Food & Drink, Travel on Feb 1st, 2007 3 Comments »
In contrast, we drove in to San Francisco’s Pier 39 on Sunday night after visiting the Golden Gate Bridge to find some dinner, and ended up at a surfer-themed place called The Wipe Out Bar and Grill. They caught my attention immediately by posting their kid’s menu outside their door along with the main menu. [...]
Posted in Picture Book, Travel on Jan 31st, 2007 2 Comments »
I set this to post as we board an airplane back to rainy Seattle. I want to remember what a shadow looks like so I can hold out hope for July, which is probably the next time I’ll see the sun in Seattle.
Posted in Ruthie, Travel on Jan 31st, 2007 4 Comments »
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