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Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath
It's a bit of an understatement that it's been hot lately. Even so, we have found some good, cool(er), mostly shady places to [...]More
Bike Rrride!
So last weekend, early morning's minion (aka, our daughter) woke us before it got too hot, and we set off for a leisurely ride along [...]More
Park Ranger - Junior Division
"Oh I've seen the Liberty Bell. A lot of times." We're driving to school; I've just told her that [...]More
Awesome Ride
Since this summer's first adventure-with-bikes, and despite the unexpectedly long but still [...]More
A Weekend in Lancaster, PA
We arrived in western Pennsylvania in dark of night, following a late departure from home. Our base of operations for the weekend was [...]More
Maple Sugaring Festival
My friend Sara is a genius at finding great things to do with the kids. I get to say that because she's not [...]More
Of Corn Mazes and Lessons Learned
For a number of reasons a few weeks ago, I found myself the sole adult in an unexpectedly long, twisting, and narrow corn maze [...]More
Please Touch
The Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia just relocated to an amazing new building (Memorial Hall in Fairmont Park).& [...]More
How to attend a triathalon
No, seriously.
Early one Sunday morning (we were up anyway, right?) we headed down to Fairmount Park with our be-ribboned homemade [...]More
Early one Sunday morning (we were up anyway, right?) we headed down to Fairmount Park with our be-ribboned homemade [...]More
Groovin' In the Garden
Oh what a great way to spend a summer evening - watching a live jazz group whoop it up, while picnicking in the [...]More
Because Dads Like Ice Cream
I'm sure it's coincidence that we never stray far from a great ice cream shop. Our favorites currently are in Baltimore ( [...]More
Zoo Season
"Now I look cool," she said as we left the zoo. The cool factor was up because of the large foam bat mask she [...]More
Neighborhood Festivals, Spring Edition
Spring means festivals in small towns and urban neighborhoods. They're worth a peek - especially the ones that support local artists, shops, and organizations. And [...]More
Us & Them
I took some time off to go to a poetry reading and gallery opening for the gobsmackingly good book artist [...]More
It's kinetic! (boogie woogie woogie)
It will be interesting, when she's writing her memoirs, to see if the giant pink poodle had the impact I'm afraid it did. [...]More
Membership = Priceless*
"Think we're coming back here again?" That's one of the first things we ask each other when we visit a museum or park [...]More
"... you missed it by 3 minutes!"
Remember that great public transportation system I was talking about a while [...]More
Polar Bear Cave, Butterfly Hothouse
Latitude: 39 degrees north. Population: 3 toddlers making like mad penguins.
It is 10:30 am at [...]More
It is 10:30 am at [...]More
Toddlers on Ice
My dearest girl: you who skate in your socks on our front hallway floor and run outside after an ice storm to see how far [...]More
Going Public
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Sunday Mornings: Philadelphia Art Museum
"As we go upstairs, we're going to look for the color red. Who can already find something that is the color red?"
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Five February Possibilities
As the last of the winter months approaches, I find myself making lists of places we could go to shake the blahs without hitting the [...]More
Longwood Gardens vs. The Grinch
Two days before Christmas and it might never stop raining.
We were embittered, damp, and filled with the joys of cabin fever.& [...]More
We were embittered, damp, and filled with the joys of cabin fever.& [...]More
Model Trains at the Morris Arboretum
The G-scale model trains run year-round in the outdoor railway garden at the Morris Arboretum. They [...]More
Can't Get Enough
Sunflowers; organic vegetables; Amish baked goodness; used books; chocolate dipped onions, potato chips, strawberries; oven mitts; walls of honey bears; apple cider; spices; brisket; gourmet [...]More
Barnes Foundation Eye-Spy
It was just 10 minutes. For the rest of the morning, one of us played outside with her, while the other took a close friend through [...]More
Linvilla Orchards - Apple picking
We wanted to visit one of the local organic farms, but it was Sunday, and most were closed. Instead, we struck out for Media, PA [...]More
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