They say to survive you need three things: food water and shelter. And when it comes to travel, we’ve mastered the art of efficiency and basically following the same guidelines that I do with writing – KISS. Keep It Simple, Stupid. Don’t take everything including the kitchen sink, just know what essentials are necessary. Here are my eight must-have components to going camping/hiking/into the great outdoors. Plus, they’re just good… Keep Reading
We gave up cable two years ago. Between my hectic traveling schedule and Maximo caring less about many of the channels, we just didn’t see a reason to pay the huge bill each month. Lucky for us, Netflix has also come a long ways in the last few years – adding in more selections of shows, movies, original programming and now, focusing on kids. Today, Meet the Kazoops! If you’re… Keep Reading
Peep! Peep! Thomas the Tank Engine is steaming his way around the country this summer on his annual Day Out With Thomas Tour and this year he’s celebrating 70 years of friendship with his friends! That’s right—you and the kids can jump on the real steam engine pulled passenger train for a tour of the countryside! Of course, Maximo loved it last year so we’ll be going again this year… Keep Reading
If you happen to be walking on 19th Street and 10th Avenue right under the High Line and see a random, suburban-looking house that doesn’t seem to belong in New York City, you might want to walk over and investigate. Yayoi Kusama’s “Give Me Love” installation is hiding behind those inconspicuous walls at the David Zwirner Gallery in Chelsea. It’s super kid-friendly and we guarantee you’re going to want to… Keep Reading
In a city full of things to do, it’s sometimes hard to actually find something TO DO. That sounds impossible I know, unless you live here – then you get it. NYC is like Goldilocks and the three bears – it’s too far, it’s too many transfers, it’s too small for strollers, it’s too many stairs and no elevator. Realize, that I actually live 15 MINUTES from Manhattan and I… Keep Reading
One of our favorite things to do in October with the kids is picking out the pumpkin they will take home and carve. There are tons of events coming up (see my list of 10 best on Mommy Nearest here) where you can grab one, but it’s a lot more fun to head out to a patch, get a little dirty and claim your own. Here are our favorite places… Keep Reading
Every year I take an annual trip to the Caribbean with my girlfriends. No kids. No dads. And every year it feels like I get backlash for doing so. I don’t see it outright (no one is calling me a bad mother on Facebook!), but I can feel the judgement every time someone doesn’t like a photo of me on the beach sans my son. Why is that? And when did it… Keep Reading
I have always had the travel bug, and since Maximo came along I have had to suppress it a little. Ok ok maybe not – I travel to Pittsburgh almost every other month and last year I made it to Turks and Caicos, Puerto Rico and Martha’s Vineyard. This year so far Miami and Vermont (and our big International travel will be to Greece – but that’s another story…) Anyways,… Keep Reading
