With Scott in DC for a few days to collect our things, the kids and I had 48 hours to explore Salt Lake City.  I've always enjoyed my time in SLC, brief though it was.  I was excited to see...

While listening to Bill play live piano music in an old world lounge in the Bluenose Inn in Bar Harbor on a cliff overlooking the Atlantic, I have certain expectations for how the kids will comport themselves.  I'm normally very...

When I walked into the grocery store, the 2 or 3 people near the registers just sort of... stared.  One woman blinked several times.  I smiled (not that anyone could tell), half waved, brushed off some snow and made my...