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Thing 1 and Thing 2's Excellent Adventure ~ European Edition

Well it’s happened. Thing 1 and Thing 2 are now in Europe after frolicking with Renee of Lessons from Teachers and Twits in Rochester, NY last month. The Things are with my friend Evelynn, who I’ve known for more than twenty years. We met via old boyfriends, moved forward without them, and held on to […]

5 Tips For Traveling Without Children

A long time ago, I posted 5 Tips for Traveling with Children (#1 was “Don’t”), but now it’s time to move beyond that (since my spawn can walk and talk), to something a lot more relaxing: traveling alone. Recently, before my trip to Hollywood to abduct Colin Firth attend Oprah’s After Oscar Party, I did […]

5 Ways My Kids Have Made Me a Better Person

I write a lot of snarky posts. Basically, irony comes far more easily than ironing. But every now and then, I have un-ironic moments. They’re fleeting. Most of them aren’t worth stopping for. Sometimes I stop anyway. When I was pregnant with my twins in Bangkok, I was put on bed rest near the end […]

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