Boston is a city of neighborhoods and while you can certainly follow the famous 2.5-mile Freedom Trail (and I’m not knocking it!), don’t count on your kids lasting long enough to finish it. One way to get your kids excited about a new city (or even their own!) is by an awesome scavenger hunt. Besides [...]
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Dear Santa, It’s been a while since I wrote to you with my wish list, but what the heck, Christmas isn’t just for kids, is it? Of course you already know that I write about Boston, kids, food and travel, so I don’t think that I’m that hard to shop for. Just in case you [...]
This weekend marks the 2nd Annual Boston Book Festival. With our history, libraries and world famous authors, it still surprises me that it took so long to establish a city wide festival celebrating books–better late than never. The festival planners have done an excellent job of making sure that there is something for everyone, including children. [...]
Despite the fact that the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway is ridiculously underfunded (see today’s story in the Boston Globe about the state slashing its funding by 25 percent), there’s still reason to celebrate what we do have. Tomorrow, the Greenway Conservancy is throwing a daylong party to celebrate Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy’s birthday and the theme [...]
One of the hardest things about being a mom is finding time for yourself and your friends. Inevitably, you’re always last on the list of priorities, but no matter what you should carve out the time. Nobody is good at anything 24/7 and that includes being a mom. Over the course of writing Boston Baby [...]
I like to go out to eat. A lot. Given a choice, most times I’d choose a restaurant over a home-cooked meal–even with a kid in tow. I’ve always been like that. I just like the scene, the new dishes, the adventure of dining somewhere new. My daughter has been dining out since she was [...]
I don’t know about everyone else in the world, but at my house we’re glued to the 2010 Olympics coverage. Somewhat to my surprise, my daughter loves the snowboarding competition, while not surprisingly, my husband can’t get enough of hockey. Me? I’m a sucker for pairs ice skating. But really, it’s not healthy to stay [...]
