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Staying at One Lakeside, Coeur d’Alene

Our first time in Coeur d'Alene and we agreed, it's even better than Seabrook! A last-minute cancellation meant we got a surprise upgrade to a 3-bedroom unit at One Lakeside. Incredible views of the lake, a full chef's kitchen, and each of us got our own room.

View from the balcony!
A fully stocked kitchen is so, so helpful. I loved that it had everything I needed.
Bedroom 1
Bedroom 2
Bedroom 3

Five hour drive home. We pulled over on the side of I-90 to get some wiggles out. Our evergreen mountains never looked so good after driving through this stretch of the state.

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Poke in the Eye at the Seattle Art Museum

I went in search of AC, and found a relief and a fun exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum. There's a toilet in the gallery!? They have old school rotary dial telephones throughout the exhibit for kids to listen to. The art is colorful and playful. Bonus: Kids under 14 are free at SAM.

The namesake piece, Poke in the Eye. The medium is neon lights!
Why is there a toilet in the exhibit?? That's the best part of being an artist, YOU get to decide what is art.
Here's a view of the toilet bowl from above. There are brown poops inside spelling out "ART." 
Les Demoiselles d'Alabama, a riff on Picasso.
Rotary dial phone, kids today don't know what they're missing. You pick up the receiver and there's a little audio recording about the show.
Love the type at the exhibit entrance. So fun.
Huge (like disproportionally huge) activity room at the start/end of the exhibit.
Ceramic swimming pool.
Patti Warashina toasters.
Obsessed with pretend food.
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Tamale road trip

We went in search of the famous Los Hernandez. This tiny place in the desert in central Washington won a 2018 James Beard Award. The tamales were delish and the people couldn't have been nicer.

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‘Home Beyond Earth’ exhibit at the Museum of Flight

It's one thing to land a cool traveling special ex, it's another to design your own from scratch. The new "Home Beyond Earth" exhibit at The Museum of Flight was done in-house and it is SUPER COOL. The best part is making your own interactive passport. Anytime you can turn a learning experience into a video game, that's a win in my book.

Go check it out! Link to my story for Seattle's Child here.

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Sun Sui Wah opens in Bellevue

I have been dying to try out Sun Sui Wah Seafood Restaurant ever since B.C.'s preeminent dim sum place opened a Bellevue outpost in April. We left with bellies full, wallet empty. I wouldn't mind that Canadian exchange rate.

  • Eight dim sum dishes for $100 with tip. That's USD. Plan accordingly.
  • Restaurant opened at 10:30 a.m. We arrived at 10:40, and waited an hour and a half before being called. Not mad at all, I used the time to shop at Asian Family Market and 85 degrees C, both in the same parking lot.
  • Parties of 6 or more can make a reservation.
  • I'm obviously not there for the decor, but it looks upscale at first glance. Then you look closer and you realize the tables are folding tables and the chairs are vinyl. Kind of a mashup.