Remember how Daddio and I wrote our first book about a Dutch shipwreck? The Tsarina’s Lost Treasure recounts the story of the Vrouw Maria, a 18th-century merchant ship that was carrying a stash of Dutch masterpiece paintings from Amsterdam to…
Tsarina Review in NRC Handelsblad
As I wrote here, The Tsarina’s Lost Treasure came out in the Netherlands in November. It has a different title and a different cover, but it’s the same fascinating story. And the Dutch are loving it. Most recently, the book received a four-star…
Interview on The Tsarina’s Lost Treasure
Somerville, Mass – Things are starting to get real! Our book, The Tsarina’s Lost Treasure, now has a website AND a few book reviews. Most recently, Jerry and I gave an interview on The Tsarina’s Lost Treasure for the excellent…
Tsarina’s Lost Treasure in Publisher’s Weekly
Somerville, Mass – What? Why yes, that is Publisher’s Weekly calling our book a “meticulously researched history” and an “intriguing portrait of an art world mystery.” (It doesn’t really rhyme in the review. That was my unintentional poetic flare.) Read…
The Tsarina’s Lost Treasure
Somerville, Mass – Way back in 2013, I wrote about embarking on a new project with Daddio. We had this crazy idea to write a book together–not a guidebook, not an academic book, but a narrative nonfiction book. About a…
Back to Reality
Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ten days in Europe sans enfants has been wonderful and bizarre. And now… back to reality, which is also wonderful and bizarre, in a different way. Tot ziens, fair city.
World Food for Kids: The Amsterdam Edition
Amsterdam, Netherlands – Daddio and I have had some lovely, delicious and romantic dinners while on work-ation (without twins) in Amsterdam. But we are here for more than a week, so we can’t go out for fancy meals all the…
Twin-Free
Amsterdam, Netherlands – I know I like to go on and on about how great it is to travel with kids, but you know what? It’s really great to travel without kids. Daddio and I just embarked on a 10-day,…