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children's eats

12.21.2017

family dinner at jamie’s italian, london

for a fun family dinner this holiday season, check out jamie's italian!

Last month we bundled up the kids for a family dinner at Jamie's Italian, one of famed British chef Jamie Oliver's many Italian restaurants scattered throughout the UK. I've long admired Jamie's no-fuss, simple approach to fresh food and family-style eating, and it just so happened that we'd been read more

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08.10.2016

london: kid-friendly tea at the milestone hotel

We made it to London! Today marks our first full week here. We're still in temporary quarters at a hotel until we move into our permanent digs on Friday. The permanent digs will be the fifth place that we've laid our heads down since we started the moving process back in the middle of read more

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12.07.2015

southern season giveaway (and kid’s cooking class)!

Note: I was an invited guest at one of Southern Season's recent cooking class and received a sampling of goods, but was not otherwise paid or compensated for this post. All opinions expressed here are solely mine. Thanks, Southern Season! My friends at Southern Season, a gourmet cooking school and read more

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04.01.2015

unexpectedly kid-friendly restaurants and more

Happy Wednesday!  This morning I am clapping happy claps and dancing for Brother Orange. Have you seen it yet? I love it when great stories come out of something as mundane as losing a cell phone. In the meantime, I'm still looking for my next big story. Last month, in addition to Ge Ge's debut as a read more

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  • For our kids, overseas life is all they really know. And it’s wonderful in so many indescribable ways. They’re adaptable, empathetic, and curious. I love that about them. As a parent, though, I am constantly wondering if we’re doing it right. Whether the tears about missing family and friends are worth it. If what they’re getting overseas is truly equal to or better than what we’d have if we just stayed put in one place. And boy, when you throw in those pandemic feelings, about yanking them this way and that during a time when the messaging was to stay
  • How can it have been so long since my last Insta post? Life in São Paulo has been hectic, I suppose! Here’s our hero shot from our trip to Machu Picchu back in April. We enjoyed a gorgeous morning there. With fewer crowds than pre-pandemic, we had a few uninterrupted vistas and quiet moments to catch our breaths (which were definitely labored given the altitude). Just like Halloween, my visit to Machu Picchu as a parent was drastically different than my experience as a 21 year old. But I’d gladly trade my fresh legs and tireless energy from back in
  • Carnaval in Brazil normally coincides with Mardi Gras, but that is where the similarities end. This year, due to COVID, the blocos (street parties) were canceled but the desfile (parade) was postponed until the end of April. At the time, I didn’t understand how you could cancel one but not the other, but what I also didn’t appreciate is how much time and money goes into the desfile. The desfile is actually a competition. In São Paulo, the competition is held in the purpose-built sambodromo, a stadium built specifically to house spectators and allow the parades to happen. The competitors
  • Rio de Janeiro is every bit as beautiful as they say. This was the view on top of Pão de Açúcar (Sugarloaf Mountain) the afternoon we went, one glorious sunny day back in May. If you live in São Paulo, you get used to seeing the name “Pão de Açúcar” because it’s also the name of a chain of grocery stores. Ergo, no one in my family could resist making jokes The. Entire. Time. we were up on this mountain. M: “Mom, I’m going to go check out this view in the produce aisle.” B: “Why did we come all
  • Peru, Day 6: from roasted cuy (guinea pig) to the ruins of Ollyantaytambo. I gotta say, there’s rarely a meal that I don’t like when I’m eating it. But cuy? Yeah… it’s stringy, gamey and has the faintest after taste of childhood. I’m not feeling great about eating a distant relative of Socks, my 4th grade class pet. I’ve added it to the list of topics for my therapist to help me sort out. But the ruins of Ollyantaytambo and the villages dotting the Sacred Valley? They were ::chef’s kiss:: ‍ . . . #cusco #travelblogger #foodblogger #ollyantaytambo #instapassport #travelgram
  • He will never forgive me from being away except that he already forgave me. #dogslife

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