It had been months since our last family trip. In fact it had been months since I simply flew – my airport navigation skills were getting rusty. Nothing epitomized this fact more than directing our taxi to the wrong terminal at Boston’s Logan Airport. Wow did I feel like an idiot realizing we weren’t flying […]

We stopped at Atkins Farm in Amherst after visiting the Eric Carle museum; a wonderful treat to take our 1 year old son to a museum full of illustrations by one of his favorites. I must have read Brown Bear to him 100 times, and he just loved the buffalo and the gorilla in From Head […]

I hadn’t seen Tom in months, so when he suggested a lunch spot that include a club sandwich, I knew it would produce a fantastic moment to reconnect. With this in mind, I decided to make the trip down to Irvine to visit him. It’s been months since we’ve seen each other, and I knew […]

It was Rachel’s fourth time in Japan this year. Fourth time staying at this hotel, the Royal Park Hotel Shiodome. And she raved about everything at the property… except their food. She was right: ignoring her advice, nearly every item I tried from their café was a letdown. While the Japanese creations in the exclusive […]