Summers in the City

Between heat, exhaustion, anxiety, computer foibles and faults, and erratic work at home schedules, there is the real stuff summer is made of.  Camp. New Friends. Old Friends. Staying up late. Pool time. Days and Mornings at Camp   Camp is an option for some families and a necessity for others based on childcare needs,…

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Birthday Parties: As a guest and a host

Whether you have little toddlers or school aged children birthday parties are a part of your regular routine. Even if your children are not a part of a traditional school, homeschool, not in school yet, rural school, one room school house, there is a good chance you’ll be attending several parties each year. This page…

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Come to The Dark Side With Me: Missing Perfection

Some people have never tasted a perfect strawberry.  Not just those who can’t make it out to the farm to pick their own.  I mean people who scrunch up their noses at the perfect strawberry.  It’s a lot darker than the other ones.  The colour of a splash of Port.  The juice of this strawberry…

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Vegetables Wanted: Meat Need Not Apply

I’m not Zagat or the Michelin Guide.  I don’t have as many categories as Urbanspoon or the unpredictability of Yelp.  I’m more of a kitchen kitty than a Chowhound.  That being typed, I get texts while I’m putting the kids to bed that look like this: I spend a good part of my day sharing…

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Speaking of Summer: Martha Speaketh Weeketh

The kids are fans of talking dogs. From Martha Speaks on PBS to the many talking dog movies (mostly from the 80’s it seems on Netflix) they never seem to tire of talking dogs.  When it comes to these verbose dogs, not all dogs are created equally.  The one dog we all seem to enjoy…

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Great Wolf Lodge: Family Adventure in New England

I have to admit that I’m more of the “cabin in the woods with bears” type of person, but my husband is more of a “Wolf in a costume, hotel room beds and amenities” kind of person.  I first heard about Great Wolf Lodge (GWL) when I was looking into places for a family reunion…

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Talking to Fathers

I have a father and for most of my life also had two grandfathers.  Now that I’m married I have fathers-in law.  Now that I have children I have a husband who is a father as well.  Until recently, when I’ve been interviewing several Boston area fathers for a few pieces I’m working on I’ve…

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Mondays, Bacon, and Beer

Mondays can be a little rough.  Especially a beautiful like today.  One way to get through it all is to take a few minutes to think ahead to next weekend.  You won’t spend too much time because the weekend is still many days away but you get that nice little break to dream about fun…

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Date Me: Let ‘s Keep it Strictly Tableside

You know someone using Match.com. Your best friend married their JDate. Christian Mingle is out there too. It’s not a new concept and it seems to work for many. Heck even the Kardashian sisters convinced their little sister to try out online dating. I don’t need a date. Well I do need a date but…

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Lunch in Belmont: Patou Thai

Weekdays, I often will meet friends for work or just because we need to get out and chat. This Friday was a busy day between interviews for a story I’m working on and photos I needed to snap for an app job, I grabbed lunch with Jennifer of Politics for The Girls. We went for…

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Weekends in Town: Village Fairs, Town Days , and City Festivals

This weekend is for the home bodies, the townies, and the locals.  Just about every other town in suburban Boston is having a town day this weekend. Nonantum is having their Village Day it will be Sunday, June 1st from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in Coletti-Magni Park. Belmont is having their Town Day on…

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