Social Creative Workshops

Let’s be real. Event planning is (hard) work. It may look easy and exciting, bit it is also messy, schleppy, fast paced, critical, exhausting work. The amount of loading and unloading and reloading I do would astonish you.

I love it. I mean, I must. I have two event planning businesses ( )

Want to know my prized possession? This wagon. It was probably the best business expense I’ve made. She’s the real hero. 👏👏👏

I grabbed some trusty, brave eater friends and we embarked on my first of 5 bucket list restaurants. You know, the ones you’ve driven by 1000 times but have yet to go in. We went in. And ate a table full of nostalgic delights.

The Mandarin Chinese Restaurant sits on the corner of 8th and NW Market in Ballard. Finally, after years of wondering, the mystery ended. It was a slice straight out of my childhood, with many family meals seated around a table at Hong Kong Gardens.

The table was full of faves like BBQ pork, sweet and sour chicken (sauce extra thick and goopy- as it should), pork fried rice, spring rolls, crab wontons, almond chicken, and string bean&broccoli special insisted by our motherly table hostess Ping.

If you want nostalgic American Chinese, the kind you want to bring home stuffed full in a red and white take out box, then The Mandarin is your place.

🎤 Plus * BONUS * they have Karoake after 8:30, so maybe you can pull double duty and head over after a few songs at the Rickshaw. We’ll definitely be back to take the mic after a meal, hopefully seated next to Belle (the long standing karaoke queen?)

Go check them out and close the mystery for yourselves. Ask for Ping.

Now… where’s my next stop? 🤷‍♀️

I’m headed to that 50 marker in July.

I love checking off life bucket list items, and I have some I want to hit by 50. (well, actually one will be in October- more on that later…)

Here’s bucket list number one. Try 5 restaurants I’ve driven by umpteen times and never been in. I start tonight.

If you’re local to Seattle, what are some places you drive by all the time and have never been in? Maybe I check it out for you… or with you?!

Also- do you do bucket lists??
What are some of yours?

My experience will be shared on stories if you want to follow along.

It might be time to let loose with ya’all.
I need to dance. And sing.

I might have an idea.
Keep following.
It’s time.

The first step is the layout of the table. This is like assembling a dreamy vision board that establishes the wow finale.

It’s the premium canvas that makes the grazing table a piece of art.

Layers, textures, colors and tah-dah ✨

A woman is so much more than what you see. So much more than “pretty”.

Celebrating all the women who’ve been an important influence on my life. Stunning faces, sincere personality , generous humility, fierce ambition, p*e your pants funny, tender hearted, intelligent and wise, and flat out inspiring.

All in one. Just stunning.

Let’s all notice and appreciate the beauties in your life.