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Category Archives: Back to the US
Photo Essay–A trip to Disneyland
Posted in Back to the US, california, North America, Pictures, Travel by Continent, Country, US
Tagged california, california great adventure, Disneyland, expat bostonians, picture post, theme park, travel
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Marijuana
Singapore’s attitudes towards drugs are pretty draconian. Some opioids are available via a doctor but when I would’ve been given a stronger pain killer in the US, in Singapore I was made to be an inpatient. (This would never happen … Continue reading
Posted in Back to the US, repatriation, reverse culture shock
Tagged cbd, expat bostonians, marijuana, medicinal marijuana, pot, singapore drug laws, thc, using medical marijuana
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Homework and Alcatraz
***I’m going back and finishing some posts that were in my started, but never finished file*** Elanor has to do a report on something from California history. She chose Alcatraz (a famous former prison, now a national park) because it … Continue reading
Posted in Back to the US, North America, San Francisco, Travel by Continent, Country, US
Tagged alcatraz, expat bostonians, San Francisco, things to do with kids in sf
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New York City with kids, part 7–The Bronx Zoo
There are multiple zoos in New York City, but I’d never been to the Bronx Zoo because it was a nightmare to get to without a car. Since I had a car, we picked a day and we drove to … Continue reading
Posted in Back to the US, New York City, North America, Pictures, Travel, Travel by Continent, Country, US
Tagged bronx zoo, expat bostonians, New York City, new york city with kids, travel with kids
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New York City with kids, part 6–The Jekyll and Hyde Club and Big Gay Ice Cream Shop
One of the things I was told by people in the know was that I had to take the girls to the Jeykll and Hyde Club restaurant at 91 7th Ave. After the Met, we decided to have dinner there. … Continue reading
Posted in Back to the US, New York City, North America, Travel, Travel by Continent, Country, US
Tagged big gay ice cream shop, expat bostonians, jekyll and hyde club, new york city with kids, travel with kids
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New York City with kids, part 5–The Metropolitan Museum of Art
With the exception of toddler, I highly recommend going to The Met with your kids. If you don’t think they’ll handle actually being at the art, stop by and have a snack and people watch from the steps, a common … Continue reading
Posted in Back to the US, New York City, North America, Travel, Travel by Continent, Country, US
Tagged expat bostonians, New York City, nyc with kids, The Met, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, travel with kids
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New York City with kids, part 4–Playing in Central Park
After we had lunch at American Girl, we rode a pedicab (bike taxi) to Central Park. Be wary–the pedicabs can charge drastically different prices and it can get crazy expensive very fast. Confirm their rates and if they take credit … Continue reading
Posted in Back to the US, New York City, North America, Travel, Travel by Continent, Country, Uncategorized, US
Tagged Central Park, Central Park Carriage Rides, expat bostonians, New York City, New York with kids, travel with kids
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NYC with kids, part 3–The American Girl Store
If you have a kid who loves dolls between the ages of roughly three and eleven, you can’t miss the American Girl Flagship Store at 75 Rockefeller Plaza. (You can take a virtual tour of the store here.) The first … Continue reading
Posted in Back to the US, New York City, North America, Pictures, Travel, Travel by Continent, Country, US
Tagged american girl, expat bostonians, New York City, travel with kids
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Protesting
My NYC/Boston series will return on Friday. Today I wanted to write about the protest our family attended this past weekend. There were more than 800 protests around the country on Saturday to protest Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy that … Continue reading
Posted in Back to the US, Pictures, politics
Tagged expat bostonians, families belong together, protest, Trump
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