Madeira With Kids (Why I’m Making …
Madeira with kids is a very good week and a bad add-on. Why I took the island off our May itinerary, and how I’d do it when we go.
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Albufeira With Kids (And Why I Picked …
Albufeira with kids works if you stay out of the Old Town and the Strip. Where I’d book, the beaches I’d pick, and why Lagos won instead.
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How to Be a Present Mom on …
How to be a present mom when your energy is gone. What presence actually means, what I stopped doing, and the five minutes that count most.
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How to Dress a Toddler for Winter (…
Winter here is long. This is how to dress a toddler for winter without losing twenty minutes at the door, plus the pieces I quit buying.
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Lagos With Kids (The Last Three Days …
Lagos with kids is the easiest stop on our Portugal trip, once you give up on the staircase beaches. Here is how I would spend three days.
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Cascais With Kids: The Day I’m …
Cascais with kids is the flattest, easiest day on our Portugal plan. The train, the calm beaches, the park with the peacocks, and what I would skip.
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Sintra With Kids (What I’d Change …
I have been up to Pena Palace three times and never done it the easy way. Here is the Sintra with kids day I am actually booking, and what I would cut.
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Make-Ahead Dinner Rolls (Mix Today, Bake Thanksgiving …
Make-ahead dinner rolls you shape days early and bake the day of. My method, including how to freeze them raw, which almost nobody explains properly.
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How to Simplify the Holidays (What We’…
I counted twenty-six holiday obligations on the back of an envelope last year. Here is how to simplify the holidays without pretending nobody notices.
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Lisbon With Kids: What I’d Do …
I have been to Lisbon four times and never got the hills right. Here is what I would do differently in Lisbon with kids, and what I would skip.
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