This section chronicles our family’s love of escape rooms, from cracking a record 23 rooms in 2025 (82 total since 2016) to quirky trip logs detailing each puzzle, travel stop and post‑game reflection. It’s an ever‑growing diary of teamwork, hints and shared victories.
9:00 a.m. Coffee for Jamie at C’alma Coffee Room 10:30 a.m. Brunch at CA Downtown 11:30 a.m. Alice Escape Room at Cubus Escape. We escape in 48:31 with no clues whatsoever! Go us. 12:30 p.m. Walk around Porto and do a little shopping, including visiting Mazie’s favorite store …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Porto 2026 — Day 2Pastries from Le Panier 8:05a Lyft to Boeing Factory Tour; Meet Val 9:00a Boeing Future of Flight factory tour. Cool to see the largest building (by volume) in the world. 11:10a Val drives us back to the city Pokémon stop at Tabletop Village Walk to Gloom Coffee for a delightful …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Seattle World Cup — Tuesday (Day 3)We completed The Vault today (Mother’s Day Escape Room!) which was also the last room we hadn’t done at Puzzleworks. Room 105!
We started the Dragon’s Keep room at Trapped Puzzle Rooms strong. First 20 minutes or so we just plowed through everything. Smooth! Then it all fell apart in the 2nd half. We completed but were 12m over time! See Dragon’s Keep on Escaping Things for me.
This years family yearbook is another amazing time capsule. Tammy makes one each year and they are an instant family keepsake! So good.
9:00a: Depart Airbnb Take L5 and L4 9:40a: Arrive at Paella Cooking class Go to market with cooking class Make Paella, Spanish Omelette, Roasted vegetables for lunch in class Jamie enjoys the red wine Wrap up class enjoying Chicken and Shrimp Paella Get Tyler a crepe (he wasn’t …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Escape in Europe — Day 13Mazie and Jamie get coffee, tea and baked goods before Mazie goes off to school. Tammy on morning run. Tyler relaxes at Airbnb. Delightful brunch at Billy Brunch. return to Airbnb to get Tammy’s metro pass that she forgot Take V21 and V19 buses to Park Güell 12:26p get tickets …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Escape in Europe — Day 126:00a wake up 7:00a depart Airbnb M1 to Gare de Lyon 7:42a Valence TGV train from Paris to Barcelona Comfortable and long train ride to Barcelona 2:34p Arrived Barcelona Get 4 day transit tickets Take Metro L5 from Sants Estacio to Sant Pau Walk to Airbnb and check in Head to …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Escape in Europe — Day 11Jamie up and playing around with Escaping Things website Tammy goes on a run 9:00a Depart for Escape Room 9:11a Miromesnil to Stalingrad The Taxidermist — amazing escape room 11:51a Metro from Stalingrad Incredible lunch at Ladurée Walk along the Champs-Elysee to Arc de Triomphe …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Escape in Europe — Day 10Rest a bit in the morning in the Airbnb. Walk to crêpe stand on Champs-Élysées for breakfast Stop at Cojean for cappuccino on way to Metro 10:16a M9 from Miromesnil to Puerte St Cloud Walk to Parc des Princes Stadium tour of Paris Saint-Germaine Shopping at PSG Store: Tyler …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Escape in Europe — Day 9