Category: Out & About

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Simple Machines

When the kids were in elementary school, they learned about and built models of simple machines. Wikipedia defines a simple machine as a mechanical device that changes the direction or magnitude of a force....

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles

As well as buses, feet, and kayaks. Those are the modes of transportation Meagan and I used while I visited her in DC this weekend. First I took the Boston Express bus from Tyngsborough...

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Badges

I went out to dinner last week with two friends. (My daughter: “You have friends?”) I was asked not to use their real names, so I will call them Chrysanthemum and Cherry Plum. Or...

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The Cape

We’ve been going to Cape Cod every summer since 1996. Our first time there, we spent the week in a $700 rental in West Dennis. Those of you who know the Cape are thinking,...

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A Real Vacation

I traveled with my niece Lexi and my nephew’s brother Ben (I’ll let you figure that one out) to Alma, Wisconsin to visit my brother Dave. We met up with my sister Jo, her...

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My Travel Blog

After 10 days at my parents’ lake house, Nicole and I traveled to my sister and brother-in-law’s house at the Cape for the weekend (with Nicole doing the driving). The Cape appeals to all...

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Back to The Lake

We had our annual vacation week up at the lake this past week. Except this year, we stretched it to 10 days. Unfortunately it was without Meagan. I keep telling her that her new...

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Excellente

Back from Florida again. You might be asking “How can she possibly complain about her budget?” Good question. What do you get when you mix 2 second graders, a tween, a teen, 3 college/grad...

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Bean Town

Meagan made a quick trip up from DC, so we headed into Boston for the afternoon on Sunday. We ate, toured Fenway, walked around the Common and Public Garden, and ate again. Fenway I...