It was a good thought. Caught up in the season (Thomas the Tank Engine was the major stocking stuffer this Christmas), we decided to escape the city by train on New Year’s weekend. The task: find a small town in the Northeast with an Amtrak stop close to a small downtown area with a hotel. …
Author Archives: Nathan
Where the Sidewalk Ends (Your Life)
Thank you, NY Daily News, for reminding us over the weekend that the streets we walk want to kill us and possibly our kids and definitely our dogs. Yes, it’s winter in Gotham, which means that it’s time to worry that the slurry of snow and salt on metal grates and manhole covers will act …
Wrap Rage
From mint.com via DadWagon friend Joel Y., a timely post-Christmas infographic, which breaks down exactly how much excess packaging came off of one American Idol Barbie. They’ve got some of the same concerns in Europe, where the EU has already outlawed overpackaging but rarely enforces it. The Guardian had a forcefully worded look at how …
They Never Asked to Be Born
Trawling Daddytypes.com, where it’s been a busy week full of love for wood and hate for Lufthansa, I came across this, from the new compilation of last interviews given by Chilean author Roberto Bolaño: In the end, one could talk for hours about the relationship between a father and a son. The only clear thing …