Ever since my son was born over eighteen months ago I’ve had this odd desire to take him to the local kid-centric places. You know, zoos and museums and what not. The problem with this whole thinking is that my Sweet Babboo is far too young to give a crap about zoos and museums. Seriously, [...]
Free Museum admission!
Smithsonian magazine hosts free admission to participating museums. Please note that you’ll need a printed admission ticket (you can get one here) to gain free entry.
When: Saturday, Sept 29
Where: Participating museums
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Seattle Public Library Fall Book Sale
More than 250,000 books, CDs, DVDs, records, videos, sheet music, art prints and posters will sell for [...]
Here are a few events going on this weekend that look like fun for the whole family. If you know of others, leave a comment!
Maritime Fest (Tacoma)
Free fun for the whole family featuring hands-on adventures, exhibits and competitions, kids activities, dragon boat races, train rides, boat rides, and more!
When: Sat & Sun
Where: Dock Street, Thea [...]
Looking for something fun to do this weekend?
Here are a few local events going on that might be worth checking out.
Puyallup Fair
The Puyallup Fair (officially known as the Western Washington Fair) is the largest single attraction held annually in the state of Washington. The Fair continually ranks in the top ten largest fairs in the [...]
I recently rediscovered one of the best things about the Northwest that I never took the time to realize I was missing while living in Utah– the beaches. It almost sounds weird to connect the word “beach” with Rainy Seattle, I mean, yes there are many lakes, but beaches, really? Beaches are in [...]
In honor of Labor Day in Seattle, we’re staying close to home. There are various fairs and festivals going on around town and plenty of fun places to visit around the state. For this reason, we choose to lie around the house and watch debris come shooting off the roof as it’s power-washed [...]
If you’re looking for something fun to do this weekend, here’s an event that you may want to check out — Pike Place Market is celebrating 100 years with Centennial Days!
The celebration kicks off today (Friday) and runs through the week. Events include lots of live music, a day of puppetry (Sunday) and a historic [...]
Living here, in the Pacific Northwest, we have an endless amount of things to do, places to visit and sights to see. And yet, am I the only one who frequents places like the zoo, the aquarium, the parks, the beach and the public market over and over again, missing the million other points of [...]
When I was a little girl I used to love to go to the library. Staring at all the myriad of books and seeing the complexity of the card catalog always left me in awe. Eventually I learned to use the old fashioned cards and soon I was checking out twenty books at a time [...]
Tonight (Aug 12) and tomorrow night are optimal viewing times to see the Perseids meteor shower. Assuming, of course, that the sky stays relatively cloud-free (keep your fingers crossed)! So, if you want to expose your kids to a little astronomy, or have a romantic liaison with your significant other, tonight’s the night!
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