Toddlers are demanding, especially when traveling—yes even at the most magical place on earth. But if you head to Walt Disney World with the right expectations, pack your sense of humor, and take advantage of all the conveniences Disney has to offer, you won’t just survive your trip, you’ll see the magic through their eyes … More How to Do Disney With a Toddler
The day was a blur of all the feels! I had just spent the afternoon being honored as a Working Mother of the Year by the She Runs It organization in New York. I was surrounded by my agency’s leadership and dear friends, senior clients who had taken time out of their insanely busy schedules to … More Why Every Mom is Mother of the Year
The boxes my IVF medications arrived in were daunting enough. One filled with ice packs, delivered by a courier straight to my midday meeting downtown. The others bulging with packing materials, instructions, 100s of syringes, alcohol wipes, vaginal suppositories and vials for mixing and shaking. Refrigerate this one, store this one in the dark. It … More IVF Tips for Real Life
New Orleans isn’t just a city, it is a soul. It doesn’t have residents, it has locals who wear wigs on an average Friday night like it ain’t no thang. It doesn’t just have good food, it has food so rich and spicy you will understand why everyone is dancing it off later. New Orleans … More A Local’s Guide to New Orleans
Traveling with infants is ridiculously hard. Yes, even for this LGBT family with two hands-on Moms who in their pre-Mom days both traveled over 50,000 miles a year. We took our first air travel vacay with our 6-month-old daughter to New Orleans. We then went to Vail, Colorado for a ski trip when she was … More 8 Hacks for Traveling with your Itty Bitty
Hands down, one of the best perks of my advertising gig is that I travel to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida frequently. Now even though I am not usually gallivanting through the Parks racking up laps on Space Mountain, all those trips do mean I do know a thing or two about staying in … More Where to Stay in Walt Disney World: My Magical Opinion
The first time every new Mom travels overnight without her child is gut-wrenching. No matter how thoroughly you prep your partner, recounting ounces of thawed milk multiple times and over-explaining nighttime routines they already know, you feel amazingly helpless and a bit scared. Especially if you are breastfeeding. I am fortunate that I was able … More Breast pumping sucks: how to make it work with work travel
November 1, 2017 My Dear Aria, You just turned 12 weeks old and my FMLA maternity leave and job protection have officially ended. I am now supposed to be both physically healed and sufficiently bonded with you to leave you with a stranger for 10 to 12 hours a day. And that sounds absolutely horrible. … More A love letter to my 12-week-old daughter
When planning our trip to Portugal, Pinterest was my envy-inducing best friend. Like many of you trying to make your itinerary, I not only compared routes and notable sights, but I went down a wonderful rabbit hole that was discovering the award-winning design hotels of Portugal. Once we had narrowed down our must-sees throughout the … More Three design hotels you can’t miss in Portugal
Kicking of my Portugal series on the blog is my new favorite European city, Porto. Take a read to see why it should be yours too. … More Meet Porto: Your favorite European city you haven’t been to
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