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 […]
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2 adults and 3 children do 2 days in New York City
Our end goal was my sister-in-law’s wedding near Boston, but I wanted the trip to be something to look forward to, and it’s hard to look forward to an in-law’s wedding where the only people you know will be the ones with wedding obligations. So, I cashed in a couple […]
The day I got my 1980 Buick stuck on a BMX track
The above is a picture of my first car; it was nicknamed “the digger” because of its proclivity to drive through yards and dig ditches. I’m 3rd from the right and am surrounded by some of my friends (all but one are still friends today). This is the story of […]
the nostalgic nature of Netflix
In honor of the release (or culling) of Netflix’s “heirloom” series of old school shows and movies that I probably watched and now like to show my children, they sent me a box of “Inspector Gadget” t-shirts and sheets for making a fort! Since my children are gifted (or have […]
my last weekend as a 30-something
A few months ago, I sent an email to a couple friends from high school about planning a trip together sometime this spring or summer–the year all of us turn 40. We bounced around a few ideas about things to do or places to go, and I thought we’d go […]
The youngest is 5!
Our youngest child turned 5 on May 8 and will be starting kindergarten in the fall, meaning all our children will be at the same school for the first time ever, and none will require tuition! So that’s nice. On the morning of her birthday, she got up and made […]
Monitoring the children’s Netflix account
Whenever I talk to other parents about their kids’ TV viewing practices, many are surprised we don’t have cable (or even an antenna that works), and they often want to know what “screen time” is allowed and how it’s administered. It’s pretty much “self serve” for the children, but we […]
4 Days in Denver, Colorado
Until a few days ago, we’d have to tell people we’d never taken our children on a trip west of the Mississippi. That ended on Wednesday, April 29 when we all flew to Denver for my legal marketing conference. Thursday morning while I was in class, the rest of the […]
Football and “The Walking Dead” are over, so we cut the cord
I should have done this a long time ago, but a couple weeks ago, I called AT&T U-verse and told them to increase the speed of our home internet connection (I thought we had the fastest plan, but they just came out with a faster one) and cancel the cable […]
Things I decided to hurry up and try before turning 40
Right now, I can barely move my upper body, because I decided to visit a grand opening event a couple miles from our house for a Crossfit gym, mainly because the flyer said there’d be BBQ and popsicles. Like anyone else who’s got a Facebook or Instagram account, I’d heard […]