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
Mondays are for dreaming: Returning to London
Returning to London. Taking the red-eye to Europe always puts me into a dreamlike state. It's always the same: the giddy strangeness of the day before departure when I know that instead of getting … [Read more...]
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...]
Postcards from the road
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...]
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...]
