Things I am Excited About: Long Shot

It’s time for you to save the date – and when I mean the date, I mean the entire 24 hours surrounding it. June 17-18th Photo Center NW is hosting LONG SHOT and I, for one, am really looking forward to it. LONG SHOT is a 24 hour photo marathon to raise funds for the [...]

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TWIF Introduces Brunch Club

What would Sunday mornings be without the coffee to get you up and the grease-slathered carb and protein combo to smooth you out? Whether bright eyed and bushy tailed or smokey eyed and last-night-clad, the Sunday Brunch always seems like just the ticket. Why we didn’t start doing this sooner is the real question. Last [...]

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Next week I am going to have a baby…

That’s right, today for Mother’s Day I finally got to break the news to my dear mother letting her know she was going to be a grandmother. Her concerns were that I would have a mean baby that didn’t like people or that he might have lung problems – as if I didn’t have enough [...]

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Thank You FAIL blog!

Dear FAIL blog, There is nothing us TWIF-ers like better than Free Beer at King’s Hardware! Thanks for hosting a WIN. Sincerely, Amy & Jen

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Ballard Love <3

Not only do we love Ballard, so does someone at the New York Times! Ballard and Fremont were featured in this story. And here’s the perfect exeample of why we love Ballard…. these delightful Public Service Announcements have been seen around…. Cozy Dinner Parties, Spiced Cider, Cribbage? Brilliant.

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Not Fun: The Way to a Man’s Heart? Drill Through His Chest

It appears that on Monday, in Tacoma, a guy named Jason Mitchel tried to stop his wife from driving drunk. Her response was to grab the cordless drill and drill a dime sized hole in his chest. The drill was cordless.

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Lost Richmond: Exploring Elko Tract, Richmond’s “Lost City”

[Disclaimer: I am about to pull the plug on my old blog. This is on of my favorite posts from that blog so I thought I would move it over to TWIF to keep it alive.] Richmond is a town of history. Everything is historic… the streets, the buildings, the canals, the houses.. its almost [...]

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Seattle Pictures…

My friend David that was visiting last week is an amazing photographer (and a great house guest). He has some great shots of Seattle and the surrounding areas on his Flickr account. You can see them here. -amy

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Today is Beautiful in Seattle!

If I had a propane heater, I would probably be laying out in the sun. Which has made me think about the sunshine and an old controversial blog post of mine. I reference it many times when talking to people who are shocked when they here my take on the sun… I am, after all, [...]

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When You Least Expect It.

I really thought this weekend was going to be one of those weekends that account for nothing other than time missing from your life unoccupied with memories. Many of my friends were out of town this weekend in L.A. for Flock Yeah moped rally and, because of that, there didn’t seem to be much going [...]

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