Somerville, Mass – The twins and I will be spending the next week in Belize. That’s cool, but what’s really radical is that we’re going on a press trip. That means that the wonderful folks at Island Expeditions are treating us…
Fenway Park
Boston, Mass – We’re trying the baseball thing this year. The twins got baseball gloves from the Easter Bunny. They’re going to try playing tee-ball next month. And today–for the very first time–they went to Fenway Park. I got tickets on a…
New! Lonely Planet Russia
Somerville, Mass – So, this happened while we were away. These lovely, literary masterpieces (co-authored by me!) are now available for purchase. Considering the state of Russian relations with the West, I think these books could be break records for…
Recap and Retro
Somerville, Mass – This winter kicked my butt. 106 inches of snow – not counting the flakes that are coming down right now. (Update: as of 7pm this evening, we have 2.9 inches of new snow, bringing the seasonal total…
Busch Gardens
Tampa Bay, Florida – So there we were–the culmination of our stay in Florida. Daddio had arrived from New England. Auntie had arrived from New York. Another Auntie lives in Tampa, so we all made plans to meet at Busch…
The Ringling
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.…