Apps We Love: Color and Create
Screen time gets creative with these three art apps.
Field Trip: Ocean Plays, Hillsboro’s New Indoor Playground
Let the kids wear themselves out at Hillsboro’s newest indoor play park.
Family Supper Review: Pizza Doughnais
Thick-crust pizza squares hit Southeast’s Brooklyn neighborhood.
The Zipper Food Hall in NE Portland
What’s new at The Zipper food hall? Saucy Korean fried chicken wings and seriously good tacos. Plus a save-the-day vending machine.
Confessions of a Crazy Birthday Mom
Our editor goes a little overboard when it comes to her kids’ birthdays. Here’s her advice for how to take things down a notch and still throw a fun and memorable part
Building a Better PTA
This dynamic Portland PTA is increasing parent participation by removing barriers, building relationships and making meetings more fun.
Field Trip: North Clackamas Aquatic Park
With a wide range of water features, your kids can keep it low-key or ride
the waves at the North Clackamas Aquatic Park.
Neighborhood We ❤️: Hospitable Highland
There’s much to celebrate in Beaverton’s Highland neighborhood. Residents enjoy ample parks and nature areas, as well as close proximity to restaurants, shops and the Nike campus. From the Beaverton Transit Center, the Red and Blue MAX lines offer a 30-minute trip to downtown Portland. And the City of Beaverton has taken on the goals …
Summer Road-trip Playlist
When you are hitting the road, you need tunes the whole family can enjoy. We’ve come up with a list of songs new and old that capture the spirit of adventuring together. See What We Can See — Frances England, Explorer of the World Through The Woods — The Okee Dokee Brothers, Through the Woods …
Atlas Pizza: Family Supper Review
Local chain Atlas Pizza opens a new, kid-friendly spot on Southeast Foster Road. Story and photo by Denise Castañon Big changes are happening on Foster Road, a long-overlooked thoroughfare in Southeast Portland mostly known as home to one of the city’s most celebrated strip clubs — and as a way to avoid traffic on Powell …
Family Supper: Lovejoy's Tearoom
Introduce your kids to the joys of finger sandwiches and scones at the new Lovejoy’s Tearoom of Portland — just in time for Mother’s Day. Little sandwiches, warm scones, dainty desserts, beautiful cups — all the small touches elevate high tea from a plain, old meal. It’s something I’ve appreciated for a long time. So …
Mom’s Got Style
The call of the yoga pants and messy bun can be strong. We’ve all been there. But these three Portland moms show how you can get back into fashion — and stay in the picture! — after having kids. PHOTOS BY JAMIE CARLE / TEXT BY DENISE CASTAÑON North Portland mom Laura Jansen doesn’t have …
Review: Jinx
With pinball and New Orleans-style grub, Jinx on Killingsworth is a fam-friendly bar destination. Even though some of my family’s favorite dining out destinations are brewpubs, whenever we hit a restaurant that also markets itself as a bar, I think of that line from the Reese Witherspoon movie Sweet Home Alabama: “You have a baby … in …
Hands On: Melt with You
Add a little heat to transform all those broken bits of crayon into mini-masterpieces. The amount of broken crayons rolling around my house (and, I’m guessing, yours) is staggering. Wanting a way to put them to good use, I recently started playing around with melting crayon shavings onto paper. My daughter, who loves an art …
Review: "Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed"
Oregon Children’s Theatre does not disappoint with their musical adaptation of the Newberry award-winning book “Ella Enchanted.”
Family Supper Review: WildFin American Grill
Savor Pacific Northwest cuisine, kid-friendly service, and remarkable river views at Vancouver’s WildFin American Grill.
Top 5 Spots for Grilled Cheese
➊ If you haven’t taken your kindergartener to eat The Kindergartener sandwich on the converted school bus at The Grilled Cheese Grill, what are you waiting for? NE Alberta at 11th Ave.➋ Olympia Provisions and Tillamook Cheese’s Melty & Meaty food truck at Pioneer Courthouse Square features a basic grilled cheese for your kiddo and more interesting combos …
Field Trip: Cookshop Cooking Classes
Get your hands messy and bake something delicious with the kids at Cookshop in Southeast PDX.
Room to Grow: PDX Kid-Friendly Backyard Retreats
Two local families show off their beautiful and kid-friendly backyard retreats.
Family Supper: Kitchen Sink Food + Drink
A new breakfast joint on East Burnside wins over kids and parents.
Family Supper: Review of etc… eatery
Exploring the menu and play area at etc… eatery, an eclectic new restaurant in SW Portland.
Nose to the Grindstone: Food Factory Tours
Food factory tours offer a chance to learn where food comes from — and often end in a tasty treat.
Family Supper: On the Level
Level Beer strikes the right balance for families at their new brewery with a play area and onsite food cart pod.
Old School Eats
Buckman Public House on the ground floor of SE’s old Washington high school, serves fancied up pub fare.
