29
Nov, 2018

A family trip took us to London last week. Once I got over the horrors of packing and getting myself to the airport — the

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20
Nov, 2018

Invariably, on the night before any trip, I announce to anyone who will listen that maybe it’s best if we don’t go. Would it not

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11
Aug, 2017

I ran into a friend this morning. I saw she was on foot with shopping bags.  “Need a ride?” I asked.  “No way! I’m not

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7
Aug, 2017

Every time someone calls me a snob (something of a thrice a week phenomenon at its slowest), I mutter to myself: “diner coffee.” That’s right.

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3
Jul, 2017

Once you’ve packed what you think are the entire contents of your home, the second step of summer road tripping (if you survived the car

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29
Jul, 2015

M and I were on a mini break, sans enfants. But there was nothing mini about the monumental nature of a trip alone. We never

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14
Apr, 2015

Returned home after a glorious two week bar mitzvah trip for my oldest in Jerusalem. (Yes, the pink pony was waiting for me.) Coming back

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28
Jul, 2014

So there we all are at the airport. JFK has a swanky newish terminal which is conveniently located about ten thousand miles from baggage claim.

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3
Jul, 2014

Here we are in the far reaches of North America. When we lived out west people would ask me: What is the best thing to

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8
May, 2014

Apparently we are having an unseasonably cold and wet spring here in NYC. I know that because people go out of their way to tell

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