Somerville, Mass – One of the things I love about city living is street art. To kick off a series on this controversial topic, I present a photo Twin S and Twin V, posing in front of a Shepard…
Canobie Lake Park
Salem, New Hampshire – To celebrate the 4th of July, Twin S was diagnosed with pneumonia. Poor little monkey. Twin V had also been feverish for a few days, though he seemed to be on the mend. It was 95…
An Ode to Sunblock
In honor of the holiday… No tips. No reviews. No advice. Just a little commiseration from the New York Times Magazine. No sunblock! No sunblock! Nooooooooooo!
Franklin Park Zoo
Boston, Mass – Neither of the two zoos in the Greater Boston area is particularly impressive. It’s a great disappointment to zoo-lovers such as Daddio and I. That said, we are members of Zoo New England and the Franklin Park…
Lecount Hollow Beach, Cape Cod
Wellfleet, Massachusetts – I have this fantasy that the twins and I will spend the summer visiting and reviewing the beaches up and down the Massachusetts coast. (Unfortunately, I have yet to find somebody to pay me to do…
Strawberry Picking
Northborough, Massachusetts – On a picture-perfect sunny Saturday, we took the twins to the strawberry patch. As I have written about before, we have had some success with apple picking and blueberry picking, so why not strawberries? The twins were…
Castle Island
South Boston, Massachusetts – Last minute babysitter cancellation. I couldn’t really afford to not be writing today, but I had no choice. Well, I did have a choice. Instead of staying home and stressing out about work not getting done,…
Gadgets
Somerville, Massachusetts – According to tnooz, parents take an average of three gadgets on a one-week vacation for the express purpose of entertaining the kids. Actually, the terminology used in the article was “specifically to babysit their children.” Devices included…
Mugar Omni Theater – Rocky Mountain Express
Cambridge, Massachusetts – Our newsletter from the Museum of Science came in the mail and this photo was on the front, advertising a movie about the Rocky Mountain Express at the IMAX theater on site. The twins caught a glimpse…
Raising Bilingual Kids – Hola-La
Watertown, Massachusetts – Today was our last day of Hola La, a Spanish class that twins (and I) have been taking this spring. This is part of my effort to raise bilingual kids which I recently wrote about. I have to…