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One of Teddy’s preschool classmates who heard about our upcoming trip to England loaned us an adorable book called Katie in London by James Mayhew. In it, one of the lions in Trafalgar Square (oh how I love those lions!) comes to life and takes Katie and her little brother Jack all around the city. [...]
Before our recent trip to Los Angeles I was contacted by Smart Destinations and offered a chance to test drive their Go Cards, which offer free admission to 40 different attractions and museums. I was intrigued by the idea of making one purchase and then having free admission to a number of museums and attractions. [...]
One of the things I’ve learned about traveling with kids is that it’s very important to do a thorough cost-benefit analysis when making decisions about things like whether to pay extra for the hotel suite where you are separated from your children for the blissful five hours that they sleep by an actual door or [...]
Today I’m reviving my long-abandoned habit of sharing some of my planning for upcoming trips. If you’re like me you know that often half the fun of travel lies in the preparation, which is of course platonic in that it is completely devoid of whining, super-early mornings, illness, and the unexpected that accompanies any trip [...]
The other day I was sorting through some old papers of my mother’s and I found this picture taken for my very first passport when I was not quite nine years old. I don’t remember having it taken and was surprised to see that I’m not wearing my glasses – perhaps the thinking was that [...]
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