Somerville, Mass – Daddio and I went camping once. It took several tries to set up the tent (borrowed, in our defense) and we never did manage to get the fire lit. Still, we had a fun weekend and it was…
Revere Beach
Revere, Mass – Bostonians (ie, Daddio) love to bemoan the passing of the hallowed haunts of their youth… and no place evokes more nostalgia than Revere Beach. For much of the 20th century, this place was a raucous boardwalk and…
World Food for Kids: USSR Edition
Moscow, Russia – Contrary to what you might think, Moscow is an amazing food city. Its cosmopolitan character is reflected in its restaurants, which run the gamut from cheap Lebanese street food to gourmet French fare. When in Moscow, we…
Airbnb
Moscow, Russia – This year we have become regular users of Airbnb, a website that allows travelers to rent a room (or an apartment or a house) directly from a private individual–bypassing agencies and avoiding hotels. It was set up…
Airplanes, Babies & the Kindness of Strangers
Moscow, Russia – The last time we flew to Moscow, the twins were just shy of one year old. I carefully planned our itinerary so we would have a long overnight trip, direct from New York to Moscow with no…
Vacation Week
Somerville, Mass – Vacation week is some kind of a sick joke. It is wrong on many levels: 1. The twins are in preschool. They do not need a vacation from preschool. 2. It’s not just vacation from school. There’s…
Jungle Boys
Somerville, Mass – Regular readers may remember that the twins started potty training shortly before leaving for Costa Rica. This was not planned by me, obviously. But when the boys showed an interest in using the potty, I was not…
Journeys & Arrivals
Alajuela, Costa Rica – One of my travel truisms is that all the best places are hard to get to. You can’t just take a direct flight to paradise. It requires multiple flights, perhaps on tiny airplanes. Or – even better – multiple…
Raise a Kid Who Loves To Travel
Somerville, Mass – My friend posted on Facebook: “I was defiant against the term `stay-at-home parent’ this summer. Stay at home? We were OUT! We napped in the stroller! We went to the park! We took the T! We drove…
All Aboard the Potty Train
Somerville, Mass – In case anyone is wondering why I have been so quiet lately (anyone? anyone…?) it’s because I have nothing to write about. We haven’t been traveling, even locally. We haven’t been going anywhere, really. Lately, we have…