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why you might want to chuck your bucket list

What’s your next adventure?

I don’t mean climbing Mount Kilimanjaro or running across the Grand Canyon (and back).

Of course I’m...

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my trip to oaxaca

Last night, I showed my kids videos I took in this little village that made me feel like I had walked right onto the set Coco (which is impossible...

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deep thoughts from my homeland

I’m writing from my homeland.

Sardinia, Italy.

Well, my family is from Sicily but I’m on the island right next door, so I think it...

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when was the last time you had "me time?"

I imagined how I would spend a few days without my 3 kids at home.

They’ve gone off to their respective summer programs but given the...

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the magic of my dad

I was thinking a lot about my dad on Father’s Day last weekend and how he drove us to school every morning growing up.

Every now and then,...

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junior year is HARD

Holy. Crap. Junior year in high school.

Do you remember the end of your junior year, complete with final exams and SATs and ACTs and the added...

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i forgot my PANTS!

It was the night before my final ascent up Mount Kilimanjaro.

I was freezing, excited, nervous, dizzy, hungry, exhausted and feeling plenty of...

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animal messenger: frog

While living in Boston during college, my friends and I drove up to Maine one weekend to go on a hike.

If I don’t remember the name of the...

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want to build a playground?

When my son Jack was in 2nd grade, I’d always ask him about his favorite part of the school day.

“Recess!” he’d shout with...

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the hot & cold game

Last night on my monthly membership call, one of my friends reminded me of a game I used to play as a kid.

It’s called "hot and cold."

Well...

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ballet hispánico

The other night I went to see Ballet Hispánico in NYC.

I wanted to go the moment I saw the ad because it includes two of my favorite...

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what my brilliant friend taught me

I woke up with my eyes half open, enough to see that my bedside table looked like a mad scientist’s lab.

I didn’t have any Petri dishes...

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