Category Archives: Back to the US

Photo Essay–A trip to Disneyland

Posted on August 14, 2018 by
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Marijuana

Posted on August 6, 2018 by

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 →

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Homework and Alcatraz

Posted on July 30, 2018 by

***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 →

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New York City with kids, part 8–Milk Bar

Posted on July 25, 2018 by

My kids are huge fans of the tv show Masterchef Junior, which is a cooking competition for kids 8-12. One of the judges on the show is Christina Tosi, who is the owner/chef behind Milk Bar in New York. Milk … Continue reading →

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New York City with kids, part 7–The Bronx Zoo

Posted on July 23, 2018 by

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 →

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New York City with kids, part 6–The Jekyll and Hyde Club and Big Gay Ice Cream Shop

Posted on July 20, 2018 by

 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 →

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New York City with kids, part 5–The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Posted on July 18, 2018 by

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 →

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New York City with kids, part 4–Playing in Central Park

Posted on July 16, 2018 by

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 →

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NYC with kids, part 3–The American Girl Store

Posted on July 13, 2018 by

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 →

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Protesting

Posted on July 4, 2018 by

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 →

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