DadcationThe oldest child living in our house turned 9 on July 16th. She got to get a manicure and have a sushi lunch with her mom before coming home to bake cupcakes and open a wrapped Taylor Swift CD that she has not stopped listening to ever since. Right now, we’re in Sandestin, Florida, where I have a continuing legal education (CLE) seminar, and the children are spending each day at the beach. Sometimes, like right now, they watch a bit of TV while I work. And what…
We boarded our train at 7am at Penn Station and began the 4-hour Amtrak ride to the Back Bay Station in Boston, where our Pathfinder was waiting on us. We checked into a Courtyard and then dropped my bride off at a nail salon in Cambridge, so she could see her mom, little sister, and big sister (the bride-to-be). I took the 2 older children for a walk. Naturally, we had to stop by a diner across from Harvard, so I could get my boy to say, “Well…