From the Momfilter Archives Next week I have two friends who are separately going to Paris with their families. Since it’s often really cold and damp at this time of year, I figured I would give them a realistic list—by…
Elizabeth Desjardins
When this British mom who has been living in Normandy, France for the past 12 years with her French husband and 3 young children approached us with the desire to share what parenting is like on her side of the world,…
Cadillac Ranch
Easy Winter Getaway: Indoor Water Park
Last month, my husband and I were itching to travel somewhere with the kids. But – naturally – we hadn’t made any sort of game plan. And given this never-ending winter, we preferred the instant gratification route, if at all…
Paris: All My Favorites
I’ve been wanting to do a post on Paris for ever. It’s my hometown after all, and although I have not lived there in almost 20 years (20!!), I know it inside out because I love it. And I hate…
Postcard from Shanghai and Beijing
China, perhaps, doesn’t strike families as the ideal vacation destination. China isn’t family-friendly, as we in the West define that term, with our insistence on high chairs or children’s menus. Rather, it’s literally friendly to families; those traveling with children are welcomed…
Summer Comfort Travel Shoe
We have had multiple friends ask us what they should wear in the summer…something good for traveling. I always say a Birkenstock, but some people just want a closed toe. The issues that have been presented include “I need something…
London with Kids
At Cookie, one of the most popular travel stories we did was Paris. We had assigned and shot London, but then the magazine folded. With London in the front of mind starting tomorrow, we figured it was a good time to…
A Baseball Lover Vacation Idea
I just came across this amazing living history museum, called Old World Wisconsin, which is now going to be on my “want to go there” list. Apparently it’s the largest living history museum in the US, but what really caught…
Travel Tip: Bring a Soccer Ball
We just came back from a short trip to London with our two boys, ages 8 and 5, where my husband had the brilliant idea of buying a soccer ball (we had lost ours at home) and carrying it around…
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First Family Trip to Europe
Looking back on my childhood, I’m struck by how often the experiences that delight me still took place on family trips to Europe. There was the insanely swell day in 1970 when, driving along a rainy mountaintop in Norway, we…