Sarasota, Florida – As I mentioned in my previous post, Sarasota claims to be the Circus Capital of the World. (A quick Google search reveals that Peru, Indiana also claims that title, which I will not dispute, but we’re here in…
Circus Sarasota
Sarasota, Florida – Turns out that Sarasota is the Circus Capital of the World. Who knew? There is much history to this moniker (which I will post about shortly), but the main reason is that Sarasota was for many years the…
Swimming, Snorkeling, Soaking
Sarasota, Florida – Last week, we took an impromptu getaway to the Holiday Inn in Somerville, Massachusetts. It was fun, but I was being ironic when I called it a vacation. This week, we took a proper getaway–like, on an airplane–to…
Holiday in Somerville
Somerville, Mass – We woke up to a cold house on Sunday. (Of course it was Sunday.) And it was snowing. (Of course it was snowing.) The thermostat said 58 degrees. The pilot light was out and we couldn’t get…
Snow-tography Essay, Winter 2015
Somerville, Mass – There comes a time, when there is just no place left to put the snow. This seemed to occur after our first big snow storm, in the last week in January, when we got 22 inches of snow.…
Surviving Winter
Somerville, Mass – So, apparently we’re about to experience a “potentially historic blizzard” in the Northeast. That seems like an appropriate time to post some strategies for surviving winter with small children with an excess of energy. One winter, we happened…
Maya: Hidden World Revealed
Boston, Mass – I really wanted to see Maya: Hidden World Revealed, the temporary exhibit at the Museum of Science, by myself. Or maybe on a date with my best boy Daddio. But not with the twins. This, of course, is…
Street Art – Os Gêmeos
Boston, Mass – I just came across this gem, left behind by Os Gêmeos–twin brothers Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo, authors of our pizza-man in Union Square. This one looks like a self-portrait!
Pocket Boston
Somerville, Mass – Just in case our sub-zero temperatures have inspired you to plan a weekend getaway to Boston. Here’s a brand new guide that fits in your pocket. Ingenious!
The Light Princess
Cambridge, Mass – To celebrate the end of Christmas vacation, we went to the ART to see The Light Princess, a fairy tale by Scottish author George MacDonald. I had never heard of the Light Princess, before I bought tickets to the…