Now that the sun has finally started making an appearance in Seattle, I’m reminded that I should actually be using sunscreen more often. Because wow, am I ever bad about remembering to wear it. I know, I know, I’m going to look like a piece of beef jerky in a few more years, I KNOW.
Anyway, […]

Hey. Pssst! Hey! Did you know you could make TEA in your COFFEE pot? It is amazing but true!
You can buy a hot tea maker (not as cute as the now-unavailable Mrs. Tea, which brewed tea into a cute little teapot), but it looks to me like it just drips the […]

Okay, I don’t know about you but I don’t have time to wait for my nails to dry. If I’m performing a DIY pedicure, my toe polish needs to be at least semi-dry in a couple minutes or less — or I’ll end up with dog hair stuck to it, or a toddler fingerprint mashed […]

Here is what I have found with awesome, natural, handmade, artist-supporting toys: I LOVE them—and I might as well keep them all to myself in my own toy box, because my kids will not play with them. This is not true of all children: some children love their handcrafted, renewable-resource, organic wood […]

A while back I posted a call for bra suggestions, and thanks to the very helpful comments on that entry I have a TON of recommendations to go check out — including the slightly intimidating activity of getting fitted by someone who knows what the hell they’re doing, rather than wrapping some fabric tape around […]