Feed on
Posts
Comments

Category Archive for 'summer'

The Riedlbauer’s Effect: Our Low Vacation Expectations

Posted in family life, humor, summer, vacation on Aug 5th, 2009

For many Americans, and famously for much of Western Europe, August is vacation season. Everyone who’s anyone decamps for mountains, lakes, beaches, theme parks, the family cabin, the campground… you get the idea. We’re not going anywhere; in fact, we haven’t gone on vacation in any real sense (that is, for more than a few [...]

Read Full Post »

School’s Out For Summer… Why is That, Again?

Posted in family life, school, summer on Jun 24th, 2009

The sign at the entrance to my son’s primary school reads, under the school’s name, “A First-Class Experience.” And it is, truly. So much so, that I wish he could stay there all year. And why not?
I love school, and my son does, too — he just finished first grade, and this year we hit [...]

Read Full Post »