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I commissioned this illustration of my teen with her guinea pigs and cat, then had that made into 16×16...
June 17th, 2020 | Parenting Blog | Read More
Best Vacations for Teens
No matter what your teen digs, I got you covered with a destination recommendation to delight them (and you!) in my guide to the best vacations for teens in 2020.
Here’s a baker’s dozen of choice locales, from Memphis, Tennessee to Krakow, Poland and Brooklyn...
February 19th, 2020 | Travel | Read More
She was smearing globs of whipped sweet cream butter onto a raisin scone cut without fanfare into bite-sized pieces. A pair of crusty, acute triangular ends caked in crystallized sugars were all that remained. They are his favorite; he has a thing for finales. Yet he didn’t intervene in hers....
January 29th, 2020 | Fiction, Writing | Read More
I’m not gonna lie, this was a damn thrill.
Through a set of random circumstances (it’s always random with me) for which I could never have planned, I was granted the privilege of writing a family travel piece for the February 2020 issue of Parents Magazine.
That issue is on newsstands...
January 17th, 2020 | Parenting Blog | Read More
She doted on me at my half-filled two top, making me feel like the celebrity my Gaylord keycard lied and said I was. Leesa made sure I stayed hydrated while in her care, on account of the altitude and my not being an acclimatized native. A mile high, forever grounded.
I sat with my back straight,...
January 16th, 2020 | Travel | Read More
The 19th Amendment celebrates its 100th in 2020!
If still alive, we’d be singing happy 100th birthday to Charles Bukowski and Agatha Christie too, as well as to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s This Side of Paradise…if you fancy singing to a book.
But wait, there’s more turning 100 in...
January 9th, 2020 | Hodgepodge | Read More
After many years of cruising together, on both sides of the Atlantic, my teens and I know our way around a cruise ship and we know what makes a good ship great for young people.
So together, we present the best cruise ships for teens in 2020. These vacations at sea offer go-karting, epic...
January 8th, 2020 | Travel | Read More
I’ve been to the western side of Wyoming. It’s stunning.
Many know this, for that’s where Yellowstone and Jackson Hole and The Grand Tetons lie. In August of 2019, I had the chance to spend a few sunny summer days and cool crisp nights on the eastern edge of the state, in Cheyenne,...
January 8th, 2020 | Travel | Read More
