My son attended a preschool one year called Nature Kids, housed in the middle of Seattle’s largest park, the 534-acre  Discovery Park. The main premise of the preschool was that the kids would go on a hike for most of the day, rain or shine, learning about nature. The school had all sorts of specially […]

We don’t get much snow in Seattle. Most of our “white winter” is an unending white sky. It gets grey plenty too, but today it was that endless white. Here are some images of winter I took today, walking to the post office, contrasted by some fall pictures I took last month. We had a […]

We’ve come up with a host of barbecue stocking stuffers this year. Back by popular demand is the BBQ Soap. An olive oil soap, it’s scented with sandalwood and hickory, “For when you want to smell fresh out of the smoker!” TM. Also this year we have the Pitmaster’s Blend coffee for sale. Truth be […]

The “Oil-less Turkey Fryer” from Char-Broil arrived just in time for me to test before Thanksgiving. I am one of their bloggers this year on Char-broil live in exchange for a few goodies like this. The products are for me to use or give away. If I want to review them, I can, but without […]

The barbecue soap is unmolded and cut. It will be ready for sale and to ship by December 5th, just in time for the holidays. I’ve been making this soap for stocking stuffers since we opened Smokin’ Pete’s. It’s scented with hickory and sandalwood, and is a classic Castille soap recipe (mostly an olive oil […]