Family travel tips

Sleeping like a baby in Boston

October 9, 2008 8 reader comments

For Photo Friday at Delicious Baby. And yes, I did, thank you. I absolutely love traveling with my children but there is something completely wonderful about going away without them and not having anyone padding around at 6 a.m. I woke up at 7 my …

Visiting Cape Ann with a toddler

October 4, 2008 3 reader comments

Well, I've been in Boston this weekend on a solo trip with my friend Julie and her husband and 3-month-old daughter (her fifth child) who were in town from Kansas City. I meant to get online while I was there, but somehow it only happened at the …

Boston bound

October 2, 2008 4 reader comments

So the last time I was in Boston was at the very beginning of my year of travel with Tommy. We arrived on a rainy day to discover the “luxury furnished apartment” that advertised itself with a locator service as “great temporary housing for …

I know we’re all tired of hearing about elections

September 10, 2008 3 reader comments

But I'm going to ask you to vote for me anyway!I've been nominated for a “Love this Site” award in the Travel section at Divine Caroline, a user-generated and expert content site about any number of things - all of it written by and for women.If …

What I learned on my summer vacation #5

September 9, 2008 2 reader comments

I'm going to start this post with the tip, and it's a one-worder. Tip #5 = maps. First, some context. When we were driving to Vermont, we stopped at the rest area that is just across the border from Massachusetts so that Tommy could use the …