On my recent trip to the Evergreen State Fair, I was taken aback by how much of the food being sold there was unhealthy and extremely fatty. It’s no surprise that fairs and amusement parks sell a ton of unhealthy foods. Maybe it’s because these are the kinds of foods that people who go to [...]
When my youngest daughter went to get her first braces fitted a couple of weeks ago, she was delighted that she got to choose colors for the brackets in her braces. Almost without hesitation, she decided to go for the Seattle Sounders look. The lime green and blue colors matches her Sounders jerseys quite well! [...]
A couple of weeks ago, I suddenly wasn’t feeling very well with a headache and some vague, intermittent pain on the right side of my face. Initially, I attributed the discomfort to sinus inflammation from allergies. However, a couple of days later, the pain abruptly increased in intensity and I was left awake all night [...]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported last week that foodborne disease outbreaks associated with imported foods rose in 2009 and 2010. Ok, not surprising at all. The CDC also found that fish and spices were the most common sources of foodbone outbreaks linked to imported foods. OK, that’s a little surprising. On [...]
The northwest weather can be grim at times from, optimistically, November through February. An escape to a warmer climate can be a delight during this period. Among the many convenient destinations easily reached from the Northwest are Southern California (Palm Springs, San Diego, etc.), Arizona, and Hawaii. Traveling to these locations in the winter can [...]
As everyone knows, Northwest winters are pretty dark, wet, and gloomy. In any given year in the Seattle area,we only get a total of 58 sunny days! Compare that to 84 days in Chicago, 98 days in New York, 160 days in San Francisco, and 211 days in Phoenix! Exposure to sunshine is necessary for [...]
Like many other parents with children approaching their teen years, I’ve often wondered about how much video game playing should be allowed. If left to their own devices, I know my kids would play for hours without even a potty break. Some parents I know let their kids play whenever they want to the point [...]