April 27, 2021 Beautiful Lake Powell: where the desert meets the water There are two places I wish we had spent more time on our recent spring break trip to Arizona: the Grand Canyon itself and…
April 23, 2021 The Grand Canyon is even better than you think Visiting the Grand Canyon national park has been on my wish list for many years based on other people’s travel stories and photos I’ve…
April 11, 2021 I finally splurged on these best-selling comfy travel pants Do Athleta’s Brooklyn Ankle Pants live up to the hype? Before I answer that question, let me say that I am naturally skeptical about…
April 5, 2021 That time we took an epic Wild West road trip Like most people we know, we canceled far too many family trips and vacations in 2020 due to Covid. When spring break 2021 rolled…
March 10, 2021 I hate being outside my family’s Covid bubble Do you and your family agree on how to keep yourselves and each other safe from Covid? As if the virus itself weren’t physical…
March 2, 2021 We let our 8 year old draw portraits for money Have you ever busked or performed on the street for money? I haven’t personally – but we let our eight-year-old try it once. When…
February 8, 2021 A scary near miss driving on icy back roads Z and I had a terrifying experience recently driving home from an afternoon with friends in Dayton. It flurried a bit as we drove…
February 6, 2021 We’ll be sure to visit Zoombezi Bay this summer Winter might be an odd time to blog about an outdoor water park in Ohio, but the cold weather months are exactly when I…
January 21, 2021 Best of Columbus: where to take new visitors Do you consider yourself a good tour guide in your own home town? I do – and likely because of this blog of mine,…
January 7, 2021 I relentlessly interrogated two 7-year-olds for a year Sometimes I write about things I’m proud of. Other times, I blog about things I am not proud of. This post falls into the…
