I don’t know how many times I say this in any given month, but you only get one life. And we have no idea how long that life will be. I’ve told you my plan is to live to be …
The salmon make their last hurrah bringing life into the world
Living in Seattle, there is no shortage of natural wonderment to experience. Today, I spent the afternoon witnessing one of life’s great journeys. I got to see the salmon swimming upstream to spawn and die. I’m more than a little …
A trip to the pumpkin patch is a fall tradition
I love traditions. My family has a set of pretty strong traditions connected to holidays, birthdays, and just being together. After living away from my family for a decade, I’ve made a few traditions of my own as well. One …
i’ll take my starbucks with a shot of shackles and shock
my body woke me up from what i can only assume was a peaceful sleep at 5am saturday morning. my reaction was anything but peaceful. i struggled to fall back to sleep for a few hours before i just gave …
umbrella, i don’t need no stinking umbrella
it’s raining in seattle. i know what you’re thinking. it’s always raining in seattle. wrong. it’s not always raining in seattle. we don’t mind you thinking that though because we don’t actually want you moving here and messing up our …
we were moving mountains long before we thought we could
this past weekend my hiking group, black people hike (bph) hit the tiger mountain west trail for what we thought would be a 5 mile hike round trip. turns out the high point trail (which doesn’t go all the way …
the divas of dstinction take on the seattle scavenger hunt
seattle was a sight of perfection this past saturday when me and my sorors took on the challenge nation seattle challenge. we came, we saw, we conquered – sort of. okay the truth is we came in 164 out of …
seattle-area ufo crash happened before roswell, you’re welcome!
i rather enjoy learning cool new facts about my adopted city. actually, this isn’t about seattle, but it’s about a super awesome bit of history that happened just outside of seattle and i had no idea about it! let me …
seattle has the largest mlk jr. parade in nation
since I got in my community service on Saturday my plan was to chill today. I have laundry to do and a house to clean. And then there are movies to watch. But I’ve always wanted to check out the …
Masterminding at Starbucks in the CD is like entering a different world
i like to spend my free saturdays being productive because i don’t get a whole lot of them. there is always something or someone vying for my attention. this particular saturday was pretty eventful with volunteering for national day of …