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Flying the (Not) Family-Friendly Skies

Posted in nyc moms post, tagged , , , , , , , on January 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Of all the ways your life changes when you have kids none is more drastic than the way you travel.  Gone are the days of a small carry-on with a book, an ipod and some trashy magazines.  Suddenly your carry on is like Mary Poppins carpet bag – full of snacks (both salty and sweet), [...]

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Going Behind the Gold Curtain at the Metropolitan Opera House (and a chance to win tickets to Hansel and Gretel!)

Posted in life in nyc, tagged , , , , , , on December 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »

This past Tuesday my two daughters and I went to the Metropolitan Opera House Tree Lighting and then on a special backstage tour of the theater.  Growing up in New York City some of my most vivid and cherished memories of New York theater are linked to that incredibly beautiful theater.  I still remember the [...]

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Suffering From Post Vacation Stress Disorder

Posted in Italy, Travel, nyc moms post, tagged , , on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

For an entire month my family and I lived, traveled and ate our way through Italy.  We picked herbs from our garden, painted watercolors during the hot afternoons, swam in the pristine lake, ate endless amounts of fresh pasta and gelato, and drove all over the country in a quest to open up our [...]

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When Having Twins Finally Pays Dividends

Posted in Italy, Travel, life in nyc, tagged , , , on August 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Both of my daughters did not show up on my first sonogram.  For 8 weeks I thought I was having a normal singleton pregnancy with all of the usual excitement and anticipation a first pregnancy brings.  My husband missed that first sonogram so to be nice my doctor did another one at my next appointment.  [...]

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Days 29 and 30 – Packing Up is Hard to Do

Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged , , , , on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Our last days in Italy were a combination of sight seeing and relaxation.  We decided to fit in one last day trip, this time close by in Tarquinia.  There is a wonderful small museum dedicated to the Etruscan civilization and then a necropolis with tombs to explore outside of the historical town.  We drove to [...]

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Day 28 – Tuscania Where Else Can We Eat?

Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged , , , , on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

With only a couple of days left we realized that there are still some restaurants that the owner’s of our villa recommended.  I don’t know if I mentioned the amazing book that they left us filled with notes on towns worth visiting, cards from the best restaurants all over, maps of cities and parking tips [...]

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Days 26 and 27 – Tuscania Do We Really Have to Go Home?

Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged , , , , , on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The last couple of days have been a paradigm of summer laziness.  We’ve done nothing but hang out at the pool, eat, drink, read and for the girls, paint in the garden.  This is it, our final week in Italy and so we seem to living it as low key as possible.  Plus, the girls [...]

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Day 25 Au Revoir Paris! Finally Isabel gets to the Park

Posted in Italy, Travel, paris, tagged , , , , , , on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Our last day in Paris was just as chock full as the first three.  We had to check out our apartment early because the next family was arriving by 10.  Actually, they arrived while we were still there, and poor them we made them wait outside until we were ready and the owner had arrived.   [...]

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Day 23 – Paris (Bread, Chocolate and The Ferris Wheel)

Posted in Italy, Travel, paris, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on July 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Our first full day in Paris was an experiment in family travel – specifically how to squeeze in what the adults want to do yet placate the kids.  We hit a pretty good balance.  We started out on the Metro with our 3-day passes and headed for the Louvre.  Unfortunately the weather was unseasonably cool [...]

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Day 22 Bonjour Paris! (The ultimate side trip)

Posted in Italy, Travel, paris, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »

When we initially started planning our trip we thought we would go to London, Paris and then Italy for a week.  As things shaped up and we were offered the villa in Tuscania we reworked our plan to just fly in and out of Rome and do driving trips around Italy.  But, we couldn’t shake [...]

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