Our broken-off trip last week meant that we had several days of staycation in our apartment, which in turn meant that we did some cycling of baby clothes and other gear. The change of seasons, plus passing the eighteen-month mark, has meant that we’ve turned over a lot of clothes and bedding, and it’s being …
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For Extra-Virgin People
Let’s be clear: I am not one to make fun of people who are go a little too far to find good food. I overpay for heirloom tomatoes and triple crème, like all annoying urban elitists do. But we all have the line we will not cross, and at this year’s Fancy Food Show, someone …
A Lampoon of a Vacation: Or, Don’t Believe the Weatherman
The other Dadwagoneers have all weighed in about vacationing with a small child, and I am last to the party, with good reason. I travel less than my blog-colleagues (“blogleagues”?), I work all the damn time anyway, and my annual destressing week is so low-impact as to be invisible: We have available to us a …
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Dude! You Gotta See This.
I am no jock, god knows. My favorite piece of sports equipment is the comfy armchair in which I slump to watch the Yankees. My wife is better, in that she actually likes getting her body moving, but I don’t think she’d call herself an athlete. And jock culture has, for most of my life, …