Valentine’s Day is a bit like a rose. The rosebud is complicated: sometimes the petals open up and share the rose’s beauty and fragrance while other times they stay tightly shut with no chance of being coaxed open. Then there is the stem with its sharp thorns. Valentine’s Day has the …
More often than not, there are two versions of Winter break. There is the postcard perfect, Hallmark made for tv movie, Disney dreamland version of Christmas and New Year’s Eve (and everything in between) and there is the “this didn’t go at all as planned” version. Maybe it was the …
The Burlington Marriott is in the suburbs but perfectly situated so that there is plenty to do within minutes of stepping outside the door. The Marriott has a great space if you want to just hibernate and not leave the property. The lounge area is spacious and has a sleek, …
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 23,000 times in 2015. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 9 …
As I mentioned, I recently popped into Pantry in Brookline to see what it was all about. For this review, they sent me home with their Turkey Roulade recipe for 2. My 11 year old daughter, who loves to cook, took on the recipe and made us dinner last week. …
As children are making the transition from carefree summer days to the structured days of school, you don’t have to put away your suitcases and bathing suits quite yet. School-free weekdays may be over, but it’s still summer outside and a weekend trip here or there is a great way to tiptoe towards …
Ballet is one of the greatest misunderstood sports and that is no accident because it is also an art. Whatever the reason your child first steps into a dance studio, the power of ballet for any child, of any age, whether they dream of becoming the ethereal ballerina they’ve seen …
When the kids were little we went to Chuck E. Cheese’s a handful of times. It was always a special treat because they knew it wasn’t the kind of place I like to go to or take them to. On stormy winter days or sweltering hot summer afternoons, Chuck E. …
The beauty of day trips is that you end up at home, in your own bed, which if you’re lucky means your children will spend the night in their own beds as well. Of course, if sleep habits are all amuck then go ahead spend the night away. For those of you …
One of the reasons I love living in New England, especially this time of year when the snow has melted (except this year’s snow farms) and the buds are blooming, is that New England is a wonderful place to travel. Mother’s Day weekend can be an outing into Boston for …
