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Oct 30, 2024 | 
pdxparent.com | Meg Asby
Join us on November 23 + 24 at the Oregon Convention Center for our15th market! We’ve invited 150+ vendors bringing everything from home goods and clothing to packaged goods, art, plants and more. And if you’ve ever been to any of our markets, you know to expect incredible live music and entertainment curated by y.g.b.portland, delicious food and FREE activities for the whole family!This year we will have face painters, story time and more!
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
pdxparent.com | Meg Asby
The razor sharp talent of every member of Portland Center Stage’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street makes this show a must-see addition to your Halloween plans this October. It is no exaggeration to say that from the ensemble to the demon barber himself, every single actor in this production is a master of their craft.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
pdxparent.com | Meg Asby
When did my child become old enough to go on a ghost tour? Wasn’t it just yesterday that I was battling a tangle worse than the Gordian Knot in her curly hair? If your child is over the trick-or-treat excitement but not quite ready for a haunted house, a ghost tour might be the sweet spot. It certainly was for us. How old are they? The first thing to check is the age recommendations or restrictions. Even if your child is ready, some tour guides aren’t ready for your child. How well do they handle fear?
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
pdxparent.com | Meg Asby
Whether your child wants to trick-or-treat at a train park or ride a haunted train with the Headless Horseman, there’s a Halloween rail experience for every age. Most are only a short drive from Portland, Oregon, and costumes are encouraged!The popular train park will be decorated for Halloween all October, but children can trick-or-treat the last Sunday in October, as they explore Molalla Train Park.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Meg Asby
This article may contain affiliate links that Yahoo and/or the publisher may receive a commission from if you buy a product or service through those links. Dish racks, no matter how beautiful, just take up too much counter space that none of us ever have. Don’t get me wrong: They’re useful and have their place in many kitchens, but once your dishes are dried and put away, then what? Where do you put what’s essentially an empty crate?
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
pdxparent.com | Meg Asby
Sometimes you just want to buy a pumpkin and take a photo — and these Portland-area pumpkin patches with free admission will let you do just that. Get lost in Bella’s 7-acre corn maze as an epic kick start to fall and all of your favorite harvest time activities. Hop on the hay ride in October to u-pick your perfect pumpkin, ride the cow train or grain train, hangout in the petting zoo, and take a caramel apple to-go for the short car ride home (only 15 mins from downtown PDX).
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Meg Asby
Meg AsbyAugust 21, 2024 at 6:35 PM·2 min readLike hundreds of thousands of you, I read “5 Kitchen Trends on Their Way Out This Year,” primarily to see if my own kitchen was dated or not (it’s mostly not, for now). My strong emotional reaction — relief? — to the piece got me wondering if there are ways to renovate a kitchen without making it the bridesmaid’s dress of the home, doomed to chuckles from future generations.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Meg Asby
Meg AsbyAugust 21, 2024 at 10:35 AM·3 min readHave you ever thought about the proper way to store batteries? If you’re like me, probably not. They go in a drawer, right? If someone had told me a few months ago that I should tape my batteries, I would have assumed I misunderstood. Tape them? Why? So kids won’t lick them on a dare? But then, my dear friend’s house caught fire, and I quickly learned more than I wanted to know about this common junk drawer hazard.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Meg Asby
Meg AsbyAugust 21, 2024 at 9:35 AM1 / 3The Fire Hazard That's Hiding in Your Junk DrawerHave you ever thought about the proper way to store batteries? If you're like me, probably not. They go in a drawer, right? If someone had told me a few months ago that I should tape my batteries, I would have assumed I misunderstood. Tape them? Why? So kids won't lick them on a dare? But then, my dear friend's house caught fire, and I quickly learned more than I wanted to know about this common junk drawer hazard.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Meg Asby
Meg AsbyAugust 21, 2024 at 9:35 AM·3 min readSpiders don’t bother me because, thanks to their dining habits, I consider them allies. I transport them outside where they belong and wish them well. Fruit flies are annoying, but not distressing, as they’re pretty easy to eradicate. But cockroaches, the zombies of kitchen pests, are the stuff of my nightmares. They refuse to die, have regenerative superpowers, and they can survive a month without food. Yikes.
