We met the Weasley twins at Emerald City Comic Con! From left: James Phelps, Wynn Wynn, me and Oliver Phelps.

Anything can happen in the blink of an eye…

…and it can cost you a crap-ton of money. Exhibit A: Yup. That’s me and Wynn with James and Oliver Phelps, otherwise known as Fred and George Weasley. And yes. I’m blinking. And yes. Oh yes. I paid good money for this photo. But funnily enough, I’m not that upset about it. As you can see, [...]

Chilling with a couple of house elves at the midnight release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" at Barnes and Noble.

Nerd on the street

As I’ve mentioned before, I love a good romance novel. But my first literary love is fantasy: Magic spells, castles, dragons, witches and wizards, curses, long journeys and in the end, good triumphing over evil. I love it all. And while this list can easily describe “Harry Potter,” I will say I loved the genre before [...]

Coco's finally here!

Coco does Seattle

Well, the day finally came and last night, Jackie and I attended Conan O’brien’s Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour! Coco was in town for two days and we attended the second day. I’ve got to say, it was AMAZING! And totally worth the financial splurge. Here’s a taste of the show: Here [...]

Go M's!

A conversation with my dad

My dad and I went to the Mariners game today. Now, we’re both the type of people who pretty much focus on the game and don’t really talk much while watching. But we do like to discuss the game. Here’s a conversation he and I had when designated hitter, Ken Griffey Jr. had a base [...]

Random Musings

Help support my sister in the Boston Marathon and the Ron Burton Training Village!

Help support my sister in the Boston Marathon and the Ron Burton Training Village!

While I like to stay active with my hot yoga, Zumba and “running” on the elliptical, the one type of exercise I am really not a fan of is normal running. On the ground, pavement, treadmill, you name it, I hate it and I’ve always hated it — even (or maybe especially) when I was a gymnast. So I [...]

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