Thoughts: The Journey is Half the Fun
The girls and I headed out yesterday to travel from Atlanta to Brooklyn for our annual kids’ music pilgrimage. The first challenge was the weather. Atlanta was very, very fortunate to have not been hit harder by the storms that rolled through. The tornadoes were north, south and east, but Atlanta was spared. No trees
Pit Stop: Visiting Friends
I love it when a plan comes together so nicely. Back in January, I realized that Rob and my mom were about to have overlapping meetings in New Orleans, and I figured it was finally time for us to get back to the Big Easy… We haven’t been since Chloe was a baby, pre-Katrina. Since
Roadtrip: Popping the Top!
Yes, we did it. We bought me my mid-life crisis car. Not a sporty little two seater. No, none of that for me. I’ve wanted this car ever since I was a little girl. I’d like to claim that my first words were “PopTop”, but I don’t think my desire started quite that young. I
Roadtrip: The Beaten Path
I’m fond of saying things like “Getting there is half the fun!” or “The journey is as much a part of the adventure as the destination.” But, I admit, there are certain trips we’ve taken so many times that we now have a “system” for them. We stay in the same highway hotels and, even,
Photo Friday: Better than a Pot Of Gold
Two weeks ago, the girls and I spent much of Saturday in the car. We saw highways and bridges. We listened to books and music. We made PB&Js while burning up the miles. And, what we found at the end of the ribbon of highway was not a pot of gold. No, it was even
Roadtrip: Iโm Bored
Despite years of roadtrips, we still face the omnipresent “I’m bored”. Camille, now 12, has rarely had this issue since learning to read….and since then, she’s added knitting to her repetoire. Thank goodness for lack of carsickness! Chloe has been a bit more of a challenge. While she can read, she’s not quite the reader
Mondays are for Dreaming: Civilized Air Travel
Sitting in the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport, having just had my first TSA pat-down, I can’t help but dream of the days of civilized air travel. As we traveled through Turkey this summer, I was struck by how uncivilized the whole process has become here in the US. As we enter an American airport, I have
the hardest part of the journey?
Getting to the airport. Atlanta was shut down today for a third day in a row. Our street is a sheet of ice. Thinking ahead, we decided to move the car up to the top of the hill mid-afternoon yesterday when the ice was slightly slushy. So, this morning, we headed out, dragging our suitcases
To the passenger in seat 41A
I suspect that, as you approached row 41 while boarding your flight today, you may have had a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach. You might have even go so far as to murmur about your rotten luck. No, you eyes did not deceive you, there were two kids are already sitting in
on the road
Following a frenetic morning of working and packing and cleaning and watering, the girls and I are on the road again! I swear can feel my blood pressure drop 50 points when we get in the car and head out on a road trip. We didn’t get very far before we stopped for the night
we’re on our way
to DC. And have stopped at our usual hotel. I wonder if I could figure out how many times we’ve been here. Quite a lot. It’s a great stopping point. The hotel is quiet, has a nice indoor pool, and a (cough!) grocery store across the street. We get a nice suite room so I
christmas travels
the girls were up at 4am this morning, but we managed to hold them off until 5am. After the frenzy of gift opening and happy dances, we got busy with cleaning up and packing to head to the airport. The girls did take a few breaks to play with their new toys and to show
posting from 30K feet
just because I can!
GTT (gone to texas)
Last Wednesday (was it really almost a week ago?), I spent the morning working. Then packing. Packing for our trip to Texas. To visit family. Or maybe really to go to the Austin City Limits Festival, since both my mom and sister were in other cities. Packing has gotten to be quite easy. The girls
Thursday Tip โ Airport Security
As crazy as it seems, sometimes just getting through security can be one of the most stressful parts of a trip. I’ve seen chaos and confusion, not just for families traveling with kids. Inexperienced travelers of all ages have difficulties navigating through security. While I don’t claim that the few pointers here can make it
Perhaps I missed my calling
I took this photo less than two months ago. Tomorrow that dial will read 106,000. That’s 6K miles in a month and half! Yikes! I should have been a long haul truck driver. I can drive and drive. It runs in the family. The only problem is that I can’t even parallel park my Subaru.
Home Again
Yesterday morning, I worked for a while, looked at the photos from Tuesday that I had been too sick and tired to deal with, then packed. I got the girls up and we went to pay the car’s hotel bill. By the time the car was all loaded and we hit the road, it was
These Are The Days
The day started out well enough. Camille went to Latin with books and pencils; Chloe got to swimming with goggles, swimsuit (top AND bottom) and a towel. I sat down to work with iPhone and computer and review documentation. Good enough. After classes were done, we headed home, packed the car, picked up Moe’s, went
Japan Trip – Day 0
The girls were emotional at saying goodbye to Gazoo as we left. Nothing exciting happened on the way to out plane Rob got us some coffee at Starbucks; I guess we will probably not get good coffee for a while? The girls settled into the plane, but started getting bored as we were something like
Dinnertime
Yeah
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