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vacation

So Much Love

August 22, 2011

“Can we come in? Daddy and I want to talk to you.” “Whatever.” “It’s about the way you behaved when we were playing tennis this morning.” “How I behaved?” “Yes. We were all just having fun, rallying the ball back and forth and you insisted that we play a match.” “Because I like to play […]

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Vacation

August 21, 2011

We are on vacation for two weeks, at my parents’ weekend house in the Catskills. Just me, the kids and Husbandrinka. And Nicki. This is the first year in recent memory that we are not having a beach vacation– usually we head out to Block Island, but last year’s ferry ride (and the economy) cured […]

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The First Time In Paris

February 1, 2011

Want to know what happened when teenaged Marinka went to Paris with Mama and Papa for the first time? Read all about it here!

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Snowed In

December 26, 2010

We are in North Carolina, at my inlaws’, snowed the fuck in. I love my inlaws and I love North Carolina, and I’m so filled with love in general that it’s hard not be excited and happy where ever I am! Which is great news because now instead of leaving in 23 hours and 12 […]

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Roman Holiday

November 19, 2010

The other day I’m minding my own business for once and suddenly I get an email from Husbandrinka. I know it’s far away, he writes, but what do you think about our vacation next summer? This is how he traps me. Because for some strange reason I’m not thinking about our summer vacation the week […]

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Funk

September 4, 2010

I’m in a funk. A friend got some bad news that I can’t discuss here (but if you send me $5, I’ll spill all in a super-secret email) and it’s making me heartsick, I’m dreading my return from our wonderful 2 week vacation, I’m not ready for school to start, I can’t deal with the […]

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Motherhood on the Block

August 23, 2010

We took the ferry to Block Island to start our summer vacation yesterday and already I have tons of blog fodder to share with you. But first things first.  See, I will be changing the name of my blog to reflect that I am now a Block Island resident and will never leave, and I […]

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When in Paris

June 24, 2010

Remember my lovely friend Susan? Well, Susan is in Paris.  On a vacation that seems to be lasting a century. And although Susan is a running, tennis-playing, yoga om-ing healthnut, she appears to have gone native.

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