Rants and Insights

Making a Splash with Family Travel

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January 28, 2018

One of the biggest misconceptions about family travel is that you have to splurge for airfare and fly somewhere faraway to have an experience your kids will remember.

Hunting for Dollars

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January 11, 2018

When my wife and I pre-booked the final night of our road trip in Morro Bay, we had one thing on our minds: Walking on Morro Strand State Beach.

Toddlers as Truth

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January 9, 2018

One of the best things about exploring the world with a toddler is that she lacks all semblance of an internal editor. When things suck, Baby G says so. When things rule, she says that, too.

Here’s how tonight was supposed to go: The girls and I would leave our hotel at 4:45, pile in the car, drive 15 minutes to the house of an old college friend, and hang there through dinner before coming back.

Theaters with a playful twist

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March 8, 2017

If you’ve ever been to the movies with a 3-, 4-, or 5-year-old, you understand that it can be difficult for the little ones to sit still for the duration of the film.

The squatter

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March 7, 2017

We came, we saw, we did Disneyland and nobody had sensory overload. I’ll write more about that in the next few days. Today, however, the focus is on something far more fascinating: Our squatting baby.

Embracing a new travel plan

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February 28, 2017

I’ve made no secret over the years about the fact that our biggest girl, L, struggles with anxiety issues from time to time.

Family travel through her eyes

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February 16, 2017

With three kids under the age of 8, it’s easy for Powerwoman and me to get caught up in planning trips around the bigger girls and not the baby.

Walking like a pro

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February 8, 2017

The big news from our world over the last few weeks is that Powerwoman and I now are the proud parents of three fully ambulatory human beings.

New Plum video series about family travel

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January 30, 2017

Over the years I’ve made no secret of my love for Plum Organics. My kids—all three of them, if you can believe it—are addicted to the puffs, and Baby G guzzles at least one (if not two) pouches every day.

The ice-skating debut

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January 29, 2017

They were so excited to go ice-skating, I wasn’t about to stand in the way. And so, on our first full day of our annual trip to Tahoe this weekend, I waltzed L and R into the skate rental shop at the Village at Northstar and got us our skates.