The MoKel Motel

Bazeball Been Berry Berry Good tu Me

2008-05-31T21:53:56Z

Baseball continues this spring with games in the cold, in the rain and once even on a sunny day. Welcome the America's past time in the great Northwest. Today starts the playoffs for August's team. He is playing lots of first base and catcher, an...

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Day Three - A little quieter today

2008-04-09T06:25:26Z

We didn't exactly start the day off quietly. We had spotted this roller coaster at Mission Beach the first day we were in San Diego and we knew we would have to check it out before we left. The Giant Dipper may have a lame name, but it is a gem...

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Day Two - Wild Animal Park

2008-04-08T17:27:10Z

The park is incredible. The kids decided it was like no "zoo" they had ever experienced before. The highlight was the tour where they had an opportunity to feed the giraffes. The weather finially cooperated with the sunny skies we expected when w...

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Day one in San Diego

2008-04-07T03:00:30Z

We made it in to San Diego late last night. The hotel is on the beach, but the weather sure does not feel like Southern California.Upper 50's feels more like January than April. Today was a journey to the San Diego Zoo, a first for all of us. Da...

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BizKids Behind the Scenes

2007-11-23T05:29:53Z

Kat, Kyra, August & Naveed have been participating in the production of the PBS series "BizKid$". One Saturday in November they gathered in a Seattle high school classroom with a few other kids to shoot the next few installments of a reoccurring s...

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The House Movies Have Moved!

2007-08-18T07:48:16Z

Since the purpose of this site was to document the adventures of the kids, we have moved all the house stuff to a new blog. http://mokels.vox.com/ The address above is where you can watch the progress of our little house as it grows. We will k...

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Ferry Flotsam

2007-03-21T08:51:31Z

August takes a trip across Victoria harbor on the Star Ferry. He gives us an inside look at his favorite place to sit and why he thinks it is the best bargain in Hong Kong. Click here for his report. The fleet of twelve ferries operates four ...

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You are what you eat

2007-03-19T15:00:22Z

Naveed files a report on three types of food we have encountered in Hong Kong. He describes a vegetarian offering from the Po Lin Monastery, the growth of fast food and our family favorite on the trip, Dim Sum. Click here for this tasty stor...

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Hong Kong History Bits

2007-03-19T02:00:10Z

Kat presents her insights on a little of the history of Hong Kong. With locations covering Kowloon to Lantau Island to the heart of Hong Kong, Kat helps us to understand the conflict of the Opium wars and the ancient tradition of foot binding. Sh...

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You dim sum and you loose sum

2007-03-16T13:56:54Z

The kids are in bed and the van comes to pick us up at 7am. It has been a whirlwind of a trip, and we don't think any of us will be the same. The kids are now world travelers and foreign correspondents (that is once we can get home to post the r...

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