Book Review: The Warmth of Other Suns
This review is in honor of Martin Luther King Jr Day 2012. In the 17 years that I’ve lived here I’ve tried to learn more about American history. You know, all the stuff that you learned in school and already know that the rest of the world ignores, stuff like the Louisiana Purchase, the Mayflower, Read the Rest…
Summer Reads: Wine and War
Summer reads: this post is the first in a series of short reviews of books I’ve enjoyed. In preparation for an upcoming visit to Napa Valley, I went looking for a book about wine, wine history and wine tasting intending to educate myself on the wine industry in the U.S. I got pleasantly sidetracked by Read the Rest…
Book recommendations for tween boys
Amazon.com Widgets My boys are currently almost 10 (this week!) and 14. I really didn’t have to work at coming up with entries in a list of books for tween boys, I just had to sit down and think about the authors and titles I’ve seen as I’ve picked up after my kids over the Read the Rest…
National Geographic 10 Best for Families
It is utterly miserable in Seattle today. It’s April and it snowed. It’s grey from horizon to horizon and even my thirsty garden is starting to appear sodden. So I’m glad I have a copy of the National Geographic 10 Best of Everything Families book to distract me – and my kids. It’s full of Read the Rest…
introducing a destination to your child
Introducing a new place to a child is very different to introducing a new place to an adult. If you say “Paris” to most adults, they will likely think of the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, and the Champs-Élysées – regardless of whether or not they have ever visited Paris. If you say “Paris” to a Read the Rest…
Book Review: Rough Guide Rome DIRECTIONS
Photo: Amazon.com The WanderDad, the kids and I spent four fabulous days in Rome this past June. Going to Rome, showing my kids around and having them enjoy the Eternal City as much as I did the first time I visited there was an important goal for me as I planned this trip. The weather, Read the Rest…
If you’re wondering where to go or what to do on your next trip…
Then check out “A Year of Adventures” by Andrew Bain. This Lonely Planet book is a delight for any traveller who’s (temporarily) at home. The author takes a week-by-week, month-by-month approach to introducing fun, novel, exciting and sometimes challenging places to go and things to do worldwide. There’s definitely some things he mentions which I Read the Rest…
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