La Garita, Costa Rica – En route to our `new’ Costa Rica house, we stopped at Zoo Ave, a zoo and rescue center. Contrary to its name, it’s not only for the birds. I’m pretty sure the twins’ highlight was…
Rio Sarapiqui River Cruise
Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui – A wildlife cruise down the Rio Sarapiqui is supposed to be one of the Top Five Things to Do with Kids in Costa Rica, according to somebody who is supposed to know. The thing is,…
Natural Paradise
Sitio de Mata, Costa Rica – We will be in Costa Rica for almost five weeks, staying in four different parts of the country. If all goes well, each region (and each house we have rented) has its own unique…
Take Your Kids to Work Day
Central Valley, Costa Rica – Besides treating the family to a fabulous adventure, I am also researching a guidebook. Supposedly. I have to admit I’ve gotten a slow start. In fact, we might be moving backwards. Twin V has been…
Tykes on a Plane
While we’re on the subject of airplane travel, here’s an article that I recently wrote for Lonely Planet (since I am supposed to be an expert)… We’ve all done it. A parent boards the airplane with a child in arms,…
Flying South
Sitio de Mata, Costa Rica – Travel days are never easy, and yesterday was no exception. But I am pleased to report that we survived two airplane flights and a two-hour drive and we are now comfortably settled in our…
Pura Vida, here we come
One week from today, we will be on our way to Costa Rica. We will have a little more than a month to climb volcanoes, explore the cloud forest, spy on monkeys, soak in hot springs and play at the…
Boston Tea Party Ships
I finally found a legitimate reason to suck up the $25 (!) admission fee and check out Boston’s newest attraction. A decade after being destroyed by fire, the Boston Tea Party ships are once again docked at Griffin’s Wharf, alongside…
Peapod Travel Tents by Kidco – Recall
Okay, so my first gear review was a bust. This was just released by the Consumer Product Safety Commission… FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 16, 2012 Release #13-043 Firm’s Recall Hotline: (855) 847-8600 CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908…
An Alvar Aalto Tour of Finland
Anyone who has visited an Apple store has sat in a sleek `high stool’ created by Finnish designer Alvar Aalto in 1935. His curvaceous Savoy vase is still an icon of Finnish design, even 75 years after its creation. But…