Boston, Mass – We have lots of extended family in town this weekend–grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins galore. We have a full docket of activities lined up, starting with a whale-watching cruise with the New England Aquarium. This was a perfect…
International Cryptozoology Museum
Portland, Maine – The twins are crazy about mummies, monsters and other mysterious creatures, so we decided to pay a visit to the International Cryptozoology Museum, while in Portland. In case you didn’t know, cryptozoology is the study of “hidden…
Palace Playland
Old Orchard Beach, Maine – We have been making this semi-annual trek up to Ferry Beach for a few years now. But it was only recently that I realized where we were: about three miles from kid heaven–the amazing, honky-tonk, happy place called…
Humans vs Zombies
Saco, Maine – For the second year, we have returned to a “family camp” at Ferry Beach. (Find out what it’s all about here.) The twins have had an incredible week–singing, dancing, swimming, creating, exploring, making new friends and having…
Best Summer Places
Saco, Maine – When you’re a travel writer, people like to ask you about your favorite place to travel, as if there could be such a place. I can never come up with a satisfactory answer to that. But last year…
4th of July
Boston, Massachusetts – Two years ago, we took the twins to watch the celebrated Boston Pops July-4th Spectacular (though we just went for the fireworks, not the Pops, and we watched from the Cambridge side of the river, which does…
Walden Pond
Concord, Massachusetts – Walden Pond continues to be my favorite place in the metro Boston area to spend a summer day. It’s also a gem in the off-season, but that’s the subject for a different post. Here’s what we love…
Plimoth Plantation & Mayflower II
Plymouth, Mass – After my crisis of conscience that occurred along the Mohawk Trail, I jumped at the chance to give a proper, accurate introduction to local Native American tribes. If the twins are so interested in Native American culture,…
Mohawk Trail
Shelburne, Massachusetts – The route we drove this weekend–from Boston to North Adams along Rte 2–has been dubbed the Mohawk Trail. It’s just a rural highway, but it was built along an old trading route that Native American tribes used to cross…
Mass MoCA
North Adams, Massachusetts – Many people (er, grown-up people) have a hard time appreciating contemporary art if it isn’t pretty, or if it doesn’t clearly depict something concrete, or if it doesn’t make sense. Kids, of course, don’t have this…