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
Category Archives: Free Time
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
The 12 days of Christmas are over…here’s how I did on the 2024 holiday fun list
January is passing swiftly, so I figured it was time for an update! Here's how I did on my 2024 holiday fun list. You can …Read More
A little 2024 year in review…
I’ve been enjoying reading other people’s year-in-review posts, so I thought I’d post a few musings on the 8760 hours that comprised 2024. There were some …Read More
Thanksgiving recap (plus last week’s content)
Phew, that was a long weekend. I had planned to start the festivities on Thursday with a Thanksgiving 5k at our local YMCA, but alert …Read More
Pentatonix in NYC
Yesterday was a long day! I hosted SHU mid-day while we recorded a meet-up for our Patreon crew and then an episode of BOBW. Then, …Read More
Merry and bright: The 2024 Holiday Fun List
Christmas is exactly 5 weeks away! Thanksgiving is extremely late this year (the latest the fourth Thursday of November can be), which means that there …Read More
First freeze last night — here’s how I did on the Fall Fun List
The temperatures dropped last night, and the trees are definitely looking bare. I think last weekend was the last really colorful one. On to winter! Back in …Read More