Category Family
Seattle for the Fourth – Lunch in Victoria
Victoria, BC, is normally a quick boat ride from Seattle — in under 3 hours you can go from downtown Seattle to the Inner Harbor in the most British of Canadian cities. Three hours on a good day, that is. Shortly after boarding our captain announced that we’d be taking a “weather route” due to […]
Seattle for the Fourth – Waterfalls and Musical Theatre
The parental units are in Seattle to celebrate America! Highlights from day one: – Brunch! – Naps! (No photos out of respect for the sleeping) – Snoqualmie Falls! – Dancing minors! (also, miners!)
Joyeux anniversaire!
In honor of the tenth anniversary of my 26th birthday, which was yesterday, my parents sent me a miniature metal model of the Eiffel Tower. When I thanked them for this new addition to what’s becoming a collection, they said, “We all know from the movies that the Eiffel Tower is visible from every window […]
Boise weekend!
This time last week, I was on my way to the airport to catch a flight to Boise. I’d found a good promotion on Alaska Air a few months ago and decided to seize the opportunity to shore up my position as the Favorite Uncle and catch up with my awesome twin sister. How did […]
Utah!
Oh man. How can it already be February? This year is going by way to quickly. And of course I’ve written about basically nothing that’s happened so far. A lot of it’s just going to need to be water under the bridge, but I did want to capture a great little trip I took a […]
Dad and Lady do Seattle
As you know, I’ve been looking forward to an inter-holiday visit from my parents for the past several months. Now that I live on this side of the Mississippi (and within driving distance of Reno), they wanted to come see my place, explore Seattle and spend time yours truly. This meant getting the house into […]
Christmas!
For the first time in, gosh, how many years? I didn’t spend the month of December working around the clock to close a bunch of year-end deals. Instead, I had a great December full of sisterly visits, furniture shopping and — to top it all off — a white Christmas with my sibs and the […]
Ashley does Seattle
A few weeks ago Alaska Airlines announced a new flight from Kalispell, Montana, to Seattle and starts promoting it with super-cheap round-trip tickets for travel between Thanksgiving and Christmas. My dear sister Ashley, adventurous bargain-hunter that she is, saw the promotion and decided it was time for a siblings weekend in Seattle. Next thing you […]
O, tannenbaum
I don’t have much history with Christmas trees. I grew up loving my mother’s spectacularly lit trees, but since leaving home sixteen years ago (!!) the number of trees I’ve had could probably be counted on one hand. The reasons varied by year: maybe I was a missionary in Belgium, maybe I was living in […]
Another day in Kalispell
I had originally planned to spend only one night in Kalispell. The movers were scheduled to deliver my furniture and things early on Friday, so I needed to get to Seattle on Thursday night. BUT THEN a vast right-wing conspiracy forced the movers to change the delivery date to next Tuesday, leaving me with no […]
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 