Seattle has been my home since 2006 when I arrived as a curious and fresh faced 18 year old college student. I've been eating across the city at restaurants ever since and I've finally decided to put all of my favorite restaurants into one place. This is the North East Seattle edition! I hope you enjoy reading about my 19 favorite restaurants on the North East end of the city.  Seattle has some of the absolute best restaurants, coffee shops, and breweries on the West Coast. Dare I say it is one of the best food cities in the US? There are so many different and unique communities and ne ..read more

Lummi Island, Washington is my favorite place on planet earth. That is a bold statement, and yes I might be biased. I was born and raised on Lummi Island, and it was my home for over 18 years. My parents still live on Lummi Island today and we make many trips there every year to visit family and friends. Visiting Lummi Island can be memorable weekend getaway, but there are some important things to know ahead of time. From how to deal with the ferry, to where to stay and what to do- there are so many little hidden gems of information that you would only be able to gather from a local. Enter, Al ..read more

La Quinta Resort, Palm Desert Doug and I took our very first kid free trip recently to Palm Springs, California to attend a dear friend’s wedding. I’m going to be 100% upfront that this was not a trip that we intended to do on a shoestring budget. We knew going in that Palm Springs is not known as a cheap place to travel and that wasn’t the intent of our trip. We booked our room at La Quinta almost a year in advance so we knew we had time to save and plan out what we wanted to do (if anything!) while we were in the Palm Desert. And if we’re getting technical, Doug and I did not actually stay i ..read more

I love to travel and it’s a running joke with my husband that I’m always scheming of some sort of adventure. Right now, traveling looks a little different and we’ve been keeping it much more local for a variety of reasons but mostly because:  We have two toddlers = two carseats. Parents, need I say more? That ish is heavvvvy. There is a pandemic happening so we are not taking flights atm. This trip was actually our first airbnb and trip in a looong time! I’ve been following the renovation of the Dahlia Bluff Cottage over on Fiona Margo’s IG. She is a family photographer who takes ..read more