Washington

Christmas tea and the Gingerbread Houses are perennial favorites in my book!  Props to Steeped in Comfort Tea Shop in Lakewood for the wonderful personal service, not to mention the great scones.

Over the summer, we spent countless hours helping Mom sort through decades of household items interspersed with family photos, momentos and her own original artwork.  Therein lay the challenge - separating the wheat from the [...]

Olympic National Park was warm and dry in August, making for easy hiking.  We love staying in the little cabins at Sol Duc Hot Springs Resort.   We caught up with our Conservation Corps crew as [...]

Mt. Rainier is like a beacon of sorts.  When we see it, we know we're home.  As you drive closer, the immensity of "her majesty" and the surrounding forest are awe inspiring.  We met our [...]

So grateful that I made a quick trip to Long Beach, CA to see my friend Ron Snyder while he was hospitalized for pancreatic cancer chemotherapy.  We spent the day telling tales of our exploits [...]

We ran all around Seattle catching the best of the city this summer.

With sunny skies for two months solid, we made the most of our Seattle summer as tourists.   We sponsored the Washington CLUB Charity Golf Classic, raising money for Holly Ridge Center, Seattle Children's, and the [...]

We were so lucky to visit Protection Island as a guest of its ONLY resident, Marty Bluewater and his partner, Terry Tilton.  Back in 1971, Marty plunked down $7,000 for a lot on this island.  [...]

In Tacoma, a big crowd gathered to celebrate the life of Stan Bills, my mother's husband of 44 years.   He was an Air Force bomber pilot during WWII, so we ended the service with formal [...]

We were lucky enough to score a spot for one of the rare public tours of Amazon's "the spheres" conservatory/workspace in Seattle.  They're a great addition to the city where modern architecture is popping up [...]

Seattle was sun-soaked with beautiful spring weather for my stay.

Seattle was cold and snowy for our December Christmas and New Year's Eve visit.  Our New Year's theme at the Washington Athletic Club was Tropical Nights, so we pretended to be warm!