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Hotel Review-Embassy Suites, Chevy Chase, MD-Child Accommodating (With a Watchful Eye)
The main issue facing the hotel is the same issue that makes it appealing: it is part of a mall. That's right. A mall. A mall with a CVS (yay late night candy shopping), a World Market (because I always need to buy more whimsical notebooks or napkins for the house), and a Starbucks (because I'm a mom and I need it to go with the wine I just bought at World Market). So, there are some pretty impressive positives to staying at this hotel. But that mall aspect? Oh it isn't without it's down side as well.
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6 Hacks for Making Road Trips with Young Children a Bit Easier for Their Grown Ups
I remember taking road trips with my mom and dad when I was little (don’t ask–there’s no way I’d mention how long ago that was). One year we drove the open road to Wyoming. Now, we didn’t have a station wagon, but for some reason a station wagon is in my memories. And this memory is so clear, that I’m sure it’s true. We must have borrowed it or rented it for the trip. I still have the images of my brother and I sitting in the back of the station wagon. And not the seat behind the driver’s bench seat either. I mean the most coveted seat of childhood: the…
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5 Things I Learned on My Most Recent Trip to Disney World
Nothing ever stays the same, even in a place as classic as Disney World.
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Why It’s Important to Travel Without Little People in Order to Travel with Them
Traveling without my little people is an important part of establishing a balance. I can watch so we can anticipate. I can remember so we can relax. It gives me a better me.
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Three Kids and a Reason
It defied every expectation and reminded me that one bad flight, one bad day, one bad experience cannot be the defining moment of traveling with little people.
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Tips for Flying with an Older (Wigglier) Infant (6-12 months)
This is the exhausting infant. And flying with them can be exhausting, so we've got a few rules we go by.
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Tips for Sharing a Hotel Room with Your Infant or Toddler
Sometimes these routines are just what we need on a vacation: a reason to slow down and nurture our own selves without guilt and without regret.
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Three Kids and a Hurricane
I was not angry. I was protective. I explained my situation--my little people, my loves. I did not leave room for thought. I explained what I needed. I explained what I expected. And that is what I received.
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Rocking Your Way through Airport Security with Your Littles
Airport security is a drag. There’s no way around it. It is surrounded in anxiety and annoyance, a hotbed of frustration. But with a bit of planning and a decent amount of confidence, it doesn’t mean your trip has to begin with those frustrations too.
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The Equinox Resort Vermont Review: A Family Friendly Resort
We used to just be a couple, and we’d see other couples all around. Now I see kids, families, spread out through the Equinox Resort Vermont. Maybe I've changed. Maybe the hotel has changed. Or maybe we've both managed to change. Ten years later, and we still keep coming back. Here's why.
