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We stayed at the Camelot Inn and Suites this past weekend. I was very pleasantly surprised. We had a family suite for our group of 5 teens and 2 adults. We were on the top floor, and even though the room overlooked the parking lot and McDonald's, the room was very quiet. Great service--and...

I bought seven 3-day Park Hoppers last week, which we used Sat., Sun., and Monday. The ParkSavers staff answered an e-mail question very quickly, even at night. Vouchers were e-mailed within two hours of purchase. We redeemed the vouchers at a ticket sale booth just before using our...

When you say within 30 minutes of Seattle, do you mean within 30 minutes of downtown Seattle? That's a pretty limited area. Our traffic is not as bad as that in LA or some other cities, but it's pretty bad. You might well wish to base your home search on areas close to your workplace...

We went President's Day week in 2010 and found that the crowds decreased from Tuesday through Thursday, and we loved it! We went the same week this year and the crowds never decreased. I'm sure it wasn't as busy as holidays or summer peak, but the parks never thinned out, and they even kept...

Another Rebel here. And the school, near Seattle, still has the Rebels as its team name. I think that the name has less to do with the Confederacy than with the fact that the school was established in the early 1970s and had a very "progressive" curriculum and an open-concept design.

Add us to the Seattle families in the park last week (2/20 through 2/23). Didn't notice any particularly grumpy CMs, but boy, the parks were way more crowded than they were for the same time period two years ago. We kept waiting for the lines to thin out, and they never did. The upside of...

My DD did her Silver this past fall. She made lasting improvements to a cross-country trail behind her school: painting and installing rocks to mark the course, clearing brush to widen the trail, and building and installing four benches for the course monitors to use during races. Her...

For her Bronze, my daughter (now a Senior) organized a Powder Puff Derby (a Pinewood Derby for Girl Scouts). She organized car-building clinics ahead of time and two sessions of races, broken down by ages. I think she had 60 girls participate. She borrowed tracks from local BSA troops, and...

I don't think anyone responded yet to the question about the Savannah Smiles being very similar to a cookie we used to have. Yes, they are very similar to the Lemon Coolers that Little Brownie Bakers offered a few years back. Besides misleading people on what cookies are available, these news...

Our Costco has individually packaged frozen salmon fillets. On our busiest night last week, I thawed four of the fillets in cold water (20 minutes) and made a pasta and vegetable salad, and threw it all in the fridge. Then, each person could microwave his salmon for five minutes and serve...

I agree that out here in the wild Northwest, we tend to do gifts from the registry more often than cash (and I'd never heard the term "cover your plate" until I came to this board....). In addition to seeing if they are registered at Macy's and Target, you might want to check REI. Lots of...

You can take the bus into the International District and enjoy a great Asian meal. Lots of choices there. Our current favorite is a Vietnamese restaurant called Green Leaf.

If you are going to travel from Seattle south to Portland, consider devoting a chunk of time to visiting Mount St. Helens. The best visitor center is quite a ways off I-5, but I think it is worth it.

As a Communications merit badge counselor and troop Advancement Chair, I totally agree that asking your family to pay for the printed programs was unacceptable. I do ask our Scout emcees to prepare the printed program. (And, yes, preparing the printed document is a second requirement for...