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Blogs: Going Places
- 1 Just Back From ... Nantucket
- In theory, taking a vacation with the extended family sounds idyllic. It can, however, become stressful if not planned properly. To that end, I have only two words: separate houses. We just came back from...
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- September 23, 2009
Blogs: The Agony and The Ecstasy
- 2 The Relationship: Equal Opportunities
- And some (rare and lucky) couples have a fair and balanced system in place. Bless them.Ever since our daughter, Vivi, was born, we've split our parenting duties based on our work schedules. Fred has always...
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- September 10, 2009
Blogs: One Little Bite
- 3 Wally World
- Watching my 4 1/2-year-old daughter, Vivi, chase fireflies the other night brought back memories of being a kid during the summer. It's amazing to relive so many great moments with her: picking tomatoes off the...
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- August 14, 2009
Blogs: The Agony and The Ecstasy
- 4 Discipline: Out of Sync
- This week, a few of us at Cookie are responding to a post executive editor Alanna Stang wrote recently about hitting her kid's thigh while changing his diaper on a train. Discipline is a hot-button...
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- August 11, 2009
Blogs: The Agony and The Ecstasy
- 5 Life/Work Balance: It Takes a Village (and a Bottle of Wine)
- For the first three years that we lived in our apartment, there were no kids in the entire building. Then our daughter, Vivi, came along, and then about two years later, there was a baby...
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- August 4, 2009
Blogs: Going Places
- 6 A View from the Top
- I was visiting family in Chicago recently, and we all went to a friend's apartment in Marina City to watch fireworks. I've always loved those corncob buildings, ever since I saw them on the opening...
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- July 29, 2009
Blogs: One Little Bite
- 7 Potato Salad for the MayoPhobe
- I've always been squeamish about mayonnaise. Actually, squeamish is putting it mildly. I am terrified of mayonnaise. Because of that, summer barbecues have made me anxious, what with all the cole slaw, potato salad, and...
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- July 27, 2009
Blogs: The Agony and The Ecstasy
- 8 Confession: A Bittersweet Goodbye
- Last week was Vivi's last at her preschool. In September she will begin kindergarten. We have loved her preschool for the past two years, but I must admit that by the final day I was...
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- July 1, 2009
Blogs: The Agony and The Ecstasy
- 9 Dad's-Eye View: Liar, Liar, Diaper on Fire
- We've turned a corner that I've been dreading. My daughter, Vivi, lied to me for the first time. Even though I knew it would happen someday, it was still shocking to watch a 4-year-old so...
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- June 25, 2009
Blogs: One Little Bite
- 10 Picnic Pick: Fried Chicken
- We met some friends for a picnic-playdate in the park last weekend. What better occasion than that to bring homemade (cold) fried chicken? I opened my copy of The New York Times Country Weekend...
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- June 24, 2009
Blogs: The Agony and The Ecstasy
- 11 Rant: Spongebob Took Over My DVR!
- I thought I was being clever to set up the DVR to record Spongebob: Spongebob and Patrick and the crew would be available to entertain Vivi with just the click of the remote. What I...
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- June 15, 2009
Blogs: The Agony and The Ecstasy
- 12 Dad's-Eye View: Mother's Day for Two Dads
- Last month, we celebrated Mother's Day the same way we have the past few years: by taking my mother to brunch. This year, however, there were two small events that made very interesting bookends to...
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- June 2, 2009
