Like nomads, but with more stuff

Something you don't see every day in the metro: a group of what looked like cadets or new recruits, anyway they all looked 12, all wear...

The official date of Take Your Children to Work Day for 2012 is April 26. To coincide with spring break, however, I organized the Consulate...

So this post won't do much for dispelling the rumors of our high-falutin' fancy pants diplomatic lives. It was Aurora Fashion We...

It's funny that this month's Blog Roundup topic is "Chaos." Terry's been away this week so I have been single mom, pl...

Tonight when I put Alex to bed I promised to come back and check on her - usually I do that 5-10 minutes later. On the computer during th...

This is not literally my first seder; that one occurred pre-memory. This one is the first seder I've prepared. In Malta I was pretty ir...

Alex, all excited, told me the other day two of her girlfriends at school had "skirts made from jeans." I told her if she really...

Zoltan's nannies are fabulous, as I've mentioned a few times. Among other things, they take him all over the town, and he's bee...

The joys of overseas life! Not like I didn't know Passover was coming, but here I was with 6 days left - no matzah and no menu. Kudos t...

I'm kind of a dork, and I'm OK with that. I study Russian not only because it's my only hope for ever having gainful, continuou...