Tag: Vacation

  • Here’s Something Thoughtful to Do When You’re 40 and Your Parents Are Out of Town

    Here’s Something Thoughtful to Do When You’re 40 and Your Parents Are Out of Town

    You’d think when you’re 66 years old and your daughter is 40, you can finally leave home for a few weeks to go on vacation and ask her to water the plants and trust she won’t throw a party and raid your beer in your absence. You’d think that. But you’d be wrong. You know…

  • Mamas in the Wild

    They sat at the table near us at dinner most nights of our cruise. A mama, a dad, a grandma and a baby. The baby was oblivious to semi-formal and formal nights and not at all impressed with the concept of a lengthy, leisurely meal, and so she cried sometimes. She cried like she meant it,…

  • Best iPhone Photo Apps (I’ll Show You Mine, You Show Me Yours)

    Best iPhone Photo Apps (I’ll Show You Mine, You Show Me Yours)

    Psst… I’ll show you mine if you show me yours. Come on. You know you want to. I’ll even go first. Here are my favorite iPhone photo apps for summer. I’m using them a TON on our vacation. And I’d love to know what your favorites are, too. 1. AVIARY. It’s FREE, and it makes…

  • Vacation!

    I’m about to leave on vacation. A LONG vacation. The longest vacation of my life, I think; at least since I was a child and had summers off and thought they were boring. This one’s a TWO WEEK vacation, friends. And just let me clarify here — I’m talking about TWO WEEKS IN A ROW —…