Beach 2025
Another beach vacation is in the books! We got back yesterday from two weeks in Ocean Grove, my favorite little town on the Jersey shore. …Read More
Category Archives: Free Time
Kind of like a beer garden (with animals)
I put on my summer fun list that I wanted to go to a beer garden. I think this weekend's activity was similar enough to …Read More
A midsummer fun list check-in, 2025 edition
If summer is June-July-August, then we are officially at the midpoint. That’s not true for school summer vacation (my kids ended 6/17, and they have …Read More
I’m back! A quick France post
Good morning! I have not abandoned this blog. I just got back yesterday from 10 days in France with my church choir. We did four …Read More
2025 Summer Fun + starting on the list
It is not summer yet, but I got a bit of a start on my official summer fun activities this weekend, so I thought I'd …Read More
168 hours (and change) in Oahu
Happy Easter! For the first time in many years I did not sing in Easter services -- but that's because we got back this morning …Read More
Pared down floral tourism
Some years I make a spring fun list -- one of my seasonal lists that help me figure out how to experience the season. For …Read More
Classic NYC
This weekend’s highlight was a day trip to NYC that managed to cover a lot of ground. My two older boys had gone into the …Read More
Park City long weekend
My kids had this Monday off school (for Eid al Fitr -- a new thing for our school district this year). So we decided to …Read More
168 hours in Barcelona
I got back Sunday night from a week in Barcelona. My husband had a work event there, and so I tagged along, with the goal …Read More