The 2024 Fall Fun List (+ a content round-up)
You knew it was coming after the Summer Fun List recap… I love living somewhere with four seasons. Winter is an acquired taste, and spring feels …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
It’s September — here’s how I did on the Summer Fun List
It’s been quite a summer! The last weekend didn’t go as planned, alas, but the summer on the whole was still good. In my mind …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: College admissions with Alice Chen
I sent my high school senior off to his first day of school this morning. We spent time working through his college list last night …Read More
Recalculating, or ‘There’s always the Bronx Zoo’
I had planned to publish a blog post Monday with photos from an amazing trip to Scotland. Longtime readers know I often like to do …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Celebrating 7 years of BOBW
In the summer of 2017, Sarah Hart-Unger and I decided to start a podcast. We did a little research, figured out how this might work, …Read More
Back from the beach (+ sonnet)
I began a draft of this post from my beach bedroom — a bedroom I’ve spent 1-2 weeks in per year over the past 6 …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Long weekends with little kids survival guide
People often speak of long weekends as "relaxing." But if you have little kids, you know that they are often anything but! In this week's episode …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Back to school, 2024 edition
My kids don't go back to school until after Labor Day. But I know for a lot of families this week or next marks the …Read More
Rainy Friday round-up
Like much of the East Coast, we have gotten drenched this week. I've been hoping that the counselors at my 9-year-old's camp are not experiencing …Read More