
There were several points during the soggy hike down where we were like, “nah, let’s forget this”, let’s ditch the plan, turn around, and drive away from the edge of America.
But we’d come this far already. A cross country flight and the few hours of driving were in the...
June 7th, 2018 | Nature Photography, Travel | Read More

Carnival Horizon Naming Ceremony with Queen Latifah
If you’ve ever cruised with Carnival, you know already that the popular cruise line is committed big style to supporting the everlasting efforts of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, helping to ensure that children with cancer get the...
June 5th, 2018 | Parenting Blog | Read More

There are many reasons to pack your bags, to triple check that your daughter actually packed any underwear (she didn’t), to make sure the iPad is fully charged for the long flight (it’s not), to splurge on the plane tickets without a connecting flight, to travel to foreign places with your...
June 1st, 2018 | Travel | Read More

It’s tricky terrain, still, because it feels so damn weird saying “you’re beautiful” out loud to them but I do know now that not saying it ever is so much worse.
My story from back in March of this year for WHYY Philadelphia tackles the linguistic and body image struggles of...
May 31st, 2018 | Parenting Blog | Read More

Raspberries are good for ya.
Of this much, we can be certain.
Dark chocolate though? That’s a slightly more contentious situation.
The relative healthiness of dark chocolate depends on the cycle of the moon, the cost of bananas in Costa Rica and the ferocity of the wind through my salt and pepper...
May 30th, 2018 | RECIPE BOX | Read More

“So you’re telling me, that if you saw Adolf Hilter walking down the street, you wouldn’t kill him?”
“Well that’s not what I was saying. But sure, let’s talk about this…entirely new topic”.
My fourteen year old daughter has had a quick wit that belied her age since I was still snapping...
May 29th, 2018 | Most Popular Stories, Parenting Blog | Read More

Here are 7 life lessons to teach and behaviors to model that will produce good, happy, empathic, kind and organized kids.
SO HAPPY!
Every single parent has a wish list of adjectives they hope to use in describing their future grown-up children. Some of the words may change over time, as we watch our...
May 25th, 2018 | Parenting Blog | Read More

I’ve already wet your appetite with the culinary changes you’ll gobble up while cruising Carnival Horizon so here’s the rest of what I loved about the newest, most modern, spacious and high tech ship in the Carnival fleet!
A Carnival Horizon review with a ton of Carnival Horizon pictures!
Smart...
May 23rd, 2018 | Travel | Read More