Like nomads, but with more stuff

Wednesday I actually woke early enough to go for a run. Here's the park right by our hotel (OK fine, it wasn't open during my run so...

The last week of August I was in Dublin for training. It was serious stuff, and I learned a lot, made good connections, blah blah. One of th...

With all the baking I do, today was a special "first" for the kids .... I made frosting and let them lick the beaters. Alex enj...

If you have kids and haven't planned your transit through Amsterdam, here's why you should stop being so silly (yes yes it does requ...

We have a new remote starter/alarm system for our car. We drive a 1994 Toyota Corolla in "that" blue color. See? (photo taken in i...

We bought a membership to the Hermitage last spring and have definitely not used it to its potential. I had an epiphany that Z is getting mu...

Day 1: Alex doesn't nap during naptime. Instead she and the boy next to her talk the whole time while every other kid in class sleeps. I...

Happy Labor Day everyone! Two places I've been wanting to visit are finally crossed off the list: - Alexander Nevsky Cemetery : the ceme...

Today we brought Alex to Russian preschool for her first day - school began on September 1 but as I was away we decided to wait and bring he...

We now have fabulous fodder for our upcoming discussion on crisis management and personal preparedness! Around 2am those who heard the ala...