Monday March 2nd is the Bear’s 11th birthday and even though she’s within an extended-arms reach of the teen years, she still likes a cuddle and a half an hour with PEG + CAT on PBS Kids. Hell, I’m 39, with already long arms, and I’d gladly stand in line […]
Let’s start here. Avoid the $30 parking fees and the tourist spots of Fisherman’s Wharf and The Ferry Building like the plague. Can you deal with that? Can you handle saying ‘no’ when people back home ask you if you went to Fisherman’s Wharf? And they WILL ask. Listen, nobody […]
I was on a blistering, personal best pace through the first 9 days of February, covering 33 miles in that short time before my body said, in no uncertain terms, like a baby swatting away a spoonful of pureed sweet potato, “enough.” Grand plans were hatched in my mind, ambitious […]
*Below is an excerpt from a new story of mine that has been published today on You Plus 2 Parenting, as part of their annual 28 Days Of Play story series. The entirety of the tale of old hockey jerseys and the play habits of my daughters can be found […]
Truth be told, I’d have initially preferred to sink my husky frame into the warm beige leather of the Lincoln Town Car that came to fetch me from a disturbingly populated Terminal D baggage claim carrousel at 12:21 A.M. Truth be told, I’d have fancied a snooze, a half chance […]
The Mousetronaut went to the moon last night, just before bed but with her teeth brushed and books read. She waved away the weighty, standard-issue space garb for her favorite owl pajamas, because, well, maybe she thinks there are owls in space. Or not, maybe those were just the separates […]
A fun batch of Skylanders news just in for diehard portal masters! There will soon be Skylanders In Our Cereal and Easter Baskets! Forgo a few chocolate bunnies this Easter and stuff your kids’ baskets with springtime editions of Skylanders Minis Power Punch Pet-Vac and Eggsellent Weeruptor. Word has it […]
There was a time not so long ago, let’s just call that time ‘yesterday’, when I would have judged you, quietly, to myself in the moment that we two shared without your knowledge but not in nearly as creepy a way as that sounds, and then to my wife later […]
