Time out in Taghazout Morocco

As I write this we are in Morocco on vacation and we are staying someplace where there is nothing to do BUT relax – and surf. I was really sick before we came – was advised by the doctor not to travel at all and if I did to sit around and do nothing while here. Hell of a prescription. Relaxing in the sun for a week. I guess I can try and follow her orders.

Falling into the Void

Fall - I love so much about it - especially the cold, sunny days… a cup of steaming coffee or cider… the cheerfulness of orange and yellow in the trees. Gradually though, almost imperceptibly, the sky goes gray. Dampness invades your bones, colds your household and your spirit starts to sigh.

Since we are experiencing our first fall in Paris and our kids have to be commuted to school we are going through, how shall I say, a bit of a wake-up call.

What to take to Europe from the US?

In the interest of minimizing some of the pain and suffering that is bound for my husband and kids while I, the only one of us who speaks French, am at work and they are navigating a new foreign city - I asked around about what we should bring from the states.  What items can [...]

Menu Planning Tool

Occasionally, what I do for a living improves my real life. In this case, meal planning. I am a meal planner. I do most of the weekend cooking and I usually wing it. But during the week, the cooking is shared among my husband, nanny and (on a rare occasion) me. [...]

In homage to full-time help.

My husband stayed home with our daughter for her whole first year. At somewhere around 8 months he realized that he was also not cut out to be a SAH anything (I knew this about myself from the get-go, but I think this is because women think about this more than men). So, he got himself a job and we got our first nanny.

Weeknight Cooking

Food. When my first child was born I made most every meal and shunned jars of baby food for a while (I got over that). Today, I try to eat healthfully and constantly strive to get a nice variety of good-tasting and good-for-you food on the table. I’ve learned a few important things in this [...]