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Family Ski Trip November

Why family ski vacations are my favorite way to connect

By Mara

It wasn’t a perfect day for skiing. The temperature hovered around freezing and the lower part of the mountain still wore large patches of mud and grass, a reminder of the fact that it was really still late fall in Vermont and and not yet winter. My 11- and 14-year-old sons both knew that there weren’t many trails open, but you wouldn’t have guessed it from their giddy excitement.

London with kids

Visiting the Tower of London with kids

Riding the double decker buses in London with kids

I'm very honored to announce that my essay titled "Riding the 341" has won the Family Fun category in the Intrepid Travel Contest. Thanks definitely are due to Beth Whitman, publisher of the wonderful … [Read more...]

Tommy & Teddy at the Tufnell Park Tube stop

Taking kids on the Tube

We used the Underground to get around London a lot on our most recent trip. I find it unnerving. The New York City subway and the Paris Metro don't faze me in the least, but there's something about … [Read more...]

More London posts...

Postcards from the road

Teddy made this lobster using only found materials

Maine with kids: A visit to Portland

We're in Vermont (and very excited for a trip to the Basin Harbor Club this weekend) but I wanted to share a quick photo postcard of our trip to Maine earlier this week. We spent a few days in and … [Read more...]

Tommy loved lying on a bed of nails at Discovery World in Milwaukee so much that I'm thinking I need to get him new bedroom furniture

What you can learn in a Milwaukee museum

We learned so many things on our recent free visit to Discovery World. This is a Milwaukee museum that is to museums what TED talks are to discourse - a place where big ideas about technology, … [Read more...]

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