Last month we packed the kids up for another weekend at Red Jacket Beach Resort, this time for Ben’s business school fall section retreat. HBS organizes the 900+ first year students into sections of about 90 and they have all their classes together that first year. In addition to the parents’ club and the LDSSA …
Massachusetts Cranberry Bogs!
Cranberry bogs! Have you ever been? We crossed this off our New England bucket list this weekend! Did you know anyone, for a sum, can don the highly fashionable waders and step into wet cranberry bogs? On Friday we ventured out of Boston a bit (about an hour without traffic) to Stonebridge Farm in Acushnet. …
Paris Girl’s Weekend Day 4
Today I’m sharing our last day in Paris (written a few days after we got back mid-October). This girl’s weekend in Paris was a dream and even though it’s only been two weeks, the magic feels like a lifetime ago. You can find a bit of background about the trip here and then our itinerary …
Paris Girls Weekend: Day 3
I’m sharing day 3 of or Paris Girl’s Weekend today. You can find Day 1 in Paris here and Day 2 in Paris here. Saturday we packed in lots of museums and started the day with my highlight, the Orangerie. Built to shelter the orange trees from the Tuilleries, the museum is most famous for …
Paris Girls Weekend Day 2
Day 2 of our girls weekend in Paris we spent the day shopping and eating well and ended the day altogether at the Louvre. This post contains affiliate links. Day 2 of our Paris girl’s trip was Friday morning, and possibly my favorite day of the whole trip. (more background on our girls trip and …
A new travel tradition
After getting back from Paris (here’s details about our girls weekend in Paris), here are my favorite audiobooks set in that beautiful city. Takeaway: Read books based in the country you’re visiting before you get there. There was nothing in particular I was looking to read when I went to download some audiobooks for the …