All Posts: Washington DC
As a final entry in his series about the Obama inauguration, I asked the Father of All Trips to reflect on what it meant to him as a citizen, a parent, and especially as a traveling dad. He titled this entry “This is Hope.” I am worried about a lot of things these days. Given [...]
This post is the second written by the Father of All Trips, Matt. I asked him to keep his eagle eye on people who attended the inauguration with their children, partly because I was in awe of anyone who had the courage and the wherewithal to do so. These are his observations and photos. Taking [...]
The following is a guest post written by the Father of All Trips, Matt, who was at the Obama inauguration on Tuesday. While he was there, Teddy and I were at a friend’s house watching the events on TV. Or at least, I was watching (and sipping mimosas!) Teddy was laughing his head off at [...]
I’m going to write a full post about our day at the Mount Vernon estate but also wanted to share this photo of Teddy for Photo Friday at Delicious Baby. I rented one of the audio tours thinking that it would be just the thing for 6-year-old Tommy, since it includes many kid-friendly entries about [...]
If you had asked me this morning I would have said our trip to Washington DC was just a little bit cursed. A pipe cracked over the entryway to our hotel suite and we woke to the dripping of water and a bowing ceiling, which necessitated packing everything up and moving to a different room [...]












