walking on travels

Ever wanted to get away from it all? See a small New England lake town on the off season, but you have kids, school and work that stop you from doing it? Ever thought of waking up at 5am to take a stroll? No? Really? I’m shocked. The perfect time to check out a town [...]

If you have never heard of okonomiyaki then you are surely missing out on one of life’s more delicious treats. Sometimes dubbed a Japanese pancake, it’s actually nothing like a pancake those of us raised on IHOP and Waffle House would recognize. It’s ten times better. Generally made from flour, grated yams, cabbage, eggs, green [...]

Our first night in Kyoto, we happened upon this little shop with cats in it. I figured it was a pet store. Mike quickly corrected me, and said that it was probably a place where you rent time with a cat. This sounded ridiculous to me. Who in the world would want to rent a [...]

Dek and I had been away for two weeks. This is the longest Mike had not been around Dek. In fact, the longest Mike had never seen Dek since the day he was born was about 24 hours. It was a rough 2 weeks on all sides. Every time Mike and I spoke I asked [...]

I feel like this blog should be called “Misadventures in a stubborn, think she knows everything, mama traveler’s life.” Once again, my lack of planning bit me in the butt, but thankfully, the Germans came to my rescue. I’ll back up and explain. The Ferry  On Thursday, Dek and I headed to Macau. I had [...]

Over the past few days of wandering the streets I’ve come up with a handy list of things to do in Hong Kong with kids, particularly those under age 2, and a few things that you might want to wait on. This is based on being a solo traveling mom without an extra set of [...]

I’ve had the flu for the past week and I’m way behind in my writing , so I thought I would post a few pictures from my trip to Lisbon, Portugal in 2003. I apologize for the quality of the images. The only record I have of this trip is scanned film. If you haven’t [...]

I am very protective of my son. I have a back up plan if I ever see someone try to snatch him. I assume adrenaline will kick in, I will sprint to the kidnapper and take him/her down at the knees. I’m not a violent person, and yes I may be slight, but if you [...]

Yes, I know it’s Sunday, but Deliciousbaby.com encourages Photo Fridays and several people link back to her site with photos to share. I just found a very cute one on the Stuckihouse blog in her post Interactive Art in Jaffa . It is a photo of the blogger’s little boy in Israel and thought I [...]