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Watch My 'Taste of Israel' Virtual Cooking Class

I was listening to the Ten Percent Happier podcast yesterday with Roshi Joan Halifax, and it left me in tears. Not necessarily sad tears, but tears of empathy. We are […]

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Travel Guide: San Diego Area with Kids

We recently spent a week in the San Diego area with family, rolling in the sand, splashing in the waves and exploring as much of the Southern California food scene […]

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Three Weeks in Israel

We arrived in Tel Aviv mid-morning, bleary-eyed and a little wobbly from lack of sleep, since Theo was the only one of the eight of us to sleep on the […]

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Travel Guide: Japan with a Toddler

Every time I visit a new country, I’m struck by how hard it is to know and understand a place unless you visit, walk, observe, listen and get to know […]

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Travel with Theo: Beaune, Burgundy

When we decided to have a baby, we always intended to keep on traveling, going on adventures and exploring our world. It was just luck or providence that gave us […]

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29 Weeks: Babymoon in Austin

I had to go to Austin last week for one day of meetings for work, so we decided Elie would join me and we would turn the trip into a […]

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Eating in Vancouver

We’re lucky enough to live only a little over an hour south of the vibrant city of Vancouver, BC, and we usually head north across the border a few times […]

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A Guide to Western Australia

I knew I was falling in love with Alyssa and Rob when we were trying to decide where to go to lunch on our first full day in Perth. “I […]

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A Guide To Austin, Texas

I’ve never seen anything like it. At 6:00 in the morning, the first truck rolled in, a father and son who started their pilgrimage from their home in Houston at […]

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Five Days in Ubud --- Bali

Stepping off the plane in Denpasar and climbing into our driver’s car, the smells and sounds of the island enveloped me.  The humid, sticky air smelled of savory charred chicken […]

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