This time of year, lust for buying bursts forth, and I freak out because gifts are not my love language. In order to give an alternative to consumerism seizing hearts and credit cards, here’s a story that just happened in my 7th grade classroom to make you smile, tear up a little, and perhaps even rethink… [Read More]
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Dresses for Travel, Work, AND Nights Out: Versatile Outfits That are Both Cute and Comfortable!
The quest for the perfect travel dress is deceptive. The best frocks to buy for trips are the dresses that you can ALSO wear at home: to work by day, and out at night… being comfy and cute all the while. Outfits this versatile are the ultimate fashion investment. Enter Leota: the dress company (started in 2011… [Read More]
8 Practical Tips for Juggling Family, Career, and Sanity: From Oats to Coaches
By day, I’m a teacher to 140 twelve year olds. By evening, I’m mother of two kids under 4 years old, and by night, I’m a travel blogger who runs two websites. Yeep! As I wrap up my first school year being a Doubly-Employed Double Mama, here’s a practical list of tips that saved my… [Read More]
Sometimes Wives and Mothers Want to Spend Time Alone, or Even Solo Travel! Here’s an Odd Example.
Imagine you win a free trip to a Caribbean island… but the only catch is, there is only ONE plane ticket provided, and you’re married with two kids. How would you feel? What would you do? Miraculously, this just happened to me, and what it revealed was striking. Flash back to a few months ago… [Read More]
How to Pack 4 Dresses and 2 Pants in 1 With Magical Multi-Purpose, Reversible Clothes
Want the secret to packing light? Pack things that are also other things. Huh? Well, you can work this in two ways. Way One: Pack clothing that can be used for multiple purposes, such as cute pants that are also soft and stretchy, meaning they can be worn either for a night out, or for… [Read More]
A Glamorous Airport Lounge (and Double-Decker Plane!) in Boston as I Ponder In-Between Spaces
A liminal space is the threshold between two eras, places, or states of being. This April Vacation, I inhabited the liminal world from head to toe, and nowhere was it more literal than the day I spent in Boston’s Logan Airport: in a glamorous airline lounge, even ON an airplane… and yet going nowhere. In… [Read More]
