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Hole up in a movie theater or concert hall during a Puget Sound summer? No way! Families in our region have a dizzying array of ways to get outdoors and sample the same great entertainment they enjoy during the winter months. We’ve put together a list of concerts, movies and theater that’ll get you
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After a busy week at work, it feels good just to close your eyes and bask in the sun. The air smells like sunscreen and rubber rafts, and after this next bend, you know there’s a perfect spot to haul out the cooler for a picnic. You can relax, knowing that the kids will yell if they spot any local w
...Imagine: It’s a sparkling clear winter morning; everyone’s still in their pajamas. The kids want to play in the snow, but there’s not a flake in the forecast. You tell everyone to put on their warm clothes, grab a few hats and gloves and a hearty snack, and throw a couple of things in the car. You’r
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They watch Polar Express and Thomas the Tank Engine, sing “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” and build wooden tracks. But how many children have actually ridden a train? Across the Northwest, hundreds of engineers, firemen and uniformed conductors are bringing rail travel to life — and you and you
...(Related stories: tubing at Snoqualmie and family snowshoeing) I have fond memories of spending family time as a child skiing in big, big snow and sub-zero weather. How we all made it through each expedition with frozen smiles mostly intact is a true testimony to my parents' thoughtfulness
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It was the day I realized we were on a first-name basis with practically every duck and goose that lives along our local recreation path that I knew my toddler and I needed a new route for jogging. While we adore Green Lake’s 2.8-mile loop in North Seattle for its kid-friendly stops (one of the area
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It was the day I realized we were were on a first-name basis with practically every duck and goose that lives along our local recreation path that I knew my toddler and I needed a new route for jogging. While we adore Green Lake’s 2.8-mile loop in North Seattle for its kid-friendly stops (one of the
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Updated October, 2009 By now, we’ve all heard the news: Kids these days just don’t get outdoors enough. Tethered to their iPods and their cell phones, their schedules fitted jigsaw-tight with structured extracurriculars, they don’t have the time or inclination anymore for the type of unstructur
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