Yours truly returned to Healdsburg late last night after three days of reporting some stories in Western Washington State. Tuesday night, Powergirl is the one to take off—she’ll be in our hometown of New York City for four days starting Wednesday morning.
This, of course, means that L and I will be flying solo for pretty [...]

With L’s first birthday less than two months away, Powergirl and I have begun tossing around ideas for a party.
Our big question: How important is it to plan something our little baby is going to remember?
The party animals in us want to plan something over-the-top and cool. The rational portions of our brains have taken [...]

It was a gorgeous afternoon in northern Sonoma County today, so I took L to a gem of a local wild animal park for her first up-close-and-personal encounter with animals other than dogs and cats. Among the critters she experienced for the first time: lemurs, cranes, parrots, flamingoes and giraffes.
While she liked the lemurs and [...]