I know that I’m lucky to have traveled as much as I already have in my life. The thing of it is though, once you’ve had a taste, the need to see new places, savor new food and view the world from 38,000 feet suctions on to your brain like an octopus on a large, [...]
Ah Spring Break! When I was a teacher, I looked forward to it. Three months without any break to speak of and a week off was more than welcome. Now that I’ve been a stay-at-home/work-at-home parent for more than ten years, I have changed my tune ever so slightly. My kids have some, errrr, challenges. [...]
Moms stuff a fantastical number of accomplishments into each and every day. They work and parent and schedule and play cab driver and love and clean and nurse. And they worry. Oh how do they worry. (I honestly didn’t think of myself as the worrying type until I saw a book called Women Who Worry [...]
Nothing. Everyone knows parents don’t get a vacation in the summer. The end. I KEED! I mean, sure, we did stuff but it wasn’t all glamorous and cool and stuff like some of the kids I know (Greece, Paris, cruises, cross-country trips. WHAT. EVER.). We’re more of the “cheap and easy and the least [...]
These days, travelling with my huz and kids looks just like this. I’m actually kinda getting used to a family vacation 80% success rate. Hell, I’ll even celebrate it! I mean 4/5 on the plane/train/automobile ain’t too bad, right?
This post is by Vikki Reich, a zen master in a neurotic sheep’s clothing. She blogs regularly at uppoppedafox.com. We hunted her down on Twitter and demanded she write for us because she is funny, smart, and can handle her booze. This summer, my partner and I will be heading to Portugal with our kids for a few [...]
I was recently gifted a beach house for a week. Before you get all “Why do YOU deserve a week at the beach?” let me tell you that a friend took mercy on my soul because, well, let’s just say, I live a very high stress life. I work with my husband for the nearly [...]
The family and I just returned from a little mid-week getaway that we had been planning for a month or so. We took the kids up to the mountains to play in the snow because we think that it’s somehow important for them to know about “weather,” and natural features like “trees,” and “streams”: things [...]
So, I won’t even kid you that while you’re reading this, I’m mentally still in NY, getting my BlogHer on, eating pizza, talking to people. . It’s true that places can be cool and fun, but I think that most people forget one of the most important things. Packing and unpacking. Suitcases would lay half [...]
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