Few visitors make it to the west-most edge of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, but those who do are often startled by the sight of this enormous windmill facing onto the Pacific. Queen Wilhelmina’s Windmill is one of two enormous windmills that were built in 1902 to help bring water into Golden Gate Park and…
Last weekend, we traveled to Monterey to help celebrate two very special birthdays in my family, plus the 25th anniversary of the world class Monterey Bay Aquarium. While it goes without saying that the aquarium is glorious and is a must-see for any family traveling to or through Monterey, CA, it’s the unexpected OTHER attraction…
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The nice thing about traveling is the interesting people you are likely to meet along the way, sometimes even where you least expect it. Take, for example, this budding young musician that Baby Theo and I intercepted during a pit stop at the postcard-perfect Lithia Park in Ashland, Oregon. It’s not every day that I…
When I first read this note from a fellow Shelly (extra points for one “e”!), I thought this mom was admirably ambitious. But before I could respond, she contacted me with the news that she had since learned that she is also pregnant… with identical twins! Any of you who have visited Rome with children,…
Note: I’d been planning to launch my next series of Moms Around the World interviews this week here in the blog, but with a different lead interview. When the earthquake and tsunami devastation hit last week, I couldn’t help but wonder about the mom from Indonesia I’d only recently interviewed, and I was so happy…