I've been meaning for some time to start regularly writing about travel books at The Mother of All Trips. I've got a stack of them in my office, some sent to me, some that I've picked up myself. No matter where I'm going, reading is always an …
Florence
A return to Italy is a runner up
March 4, 2010 4 reader comments
One of my favorite travel websites is Wanderlust and Lipstick, which recently sponsored the terrific WanderWomen Write contest. Although I didn't win a trip to Vietnam, I am proud to share that my essay "The Return" was a finalist in the Family Fun …
My year in Florence at Italiakids.com
September 1, 2009 one reader comment
When I was in the fourth grade, my mother took me to Italy for nine months. As I've written before, it was this experience that really sparked my interest in travel. There's nothing like traveling as a kid to teach you things about how to travel as a …
Florence, Italy 1980
May 8, 2009 18 reader comments
The web site Travel Savvy Mom (one of my favorites both for its travel recommendations and the wonderful writing you'll find there) is running a terrific series of posts this week in honor of Mother's Day called "Before We Were Moms." The idea is for …
Big and little in the Boboli Gardens
December 12, 2008 6 reader comments
One of Tommy's favorite places when we went to Florence was the Boboli Gardens, which had delighted me equally when I lived there as a child. In fact, the school I attended was right up the street and we used to eat our lunches on the lawn under the …
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