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I’ve blogged about the benefits of travel with young kids, and we were fortunate enough to travel from our home in New York to Los Angeles and the Philippines every year to visit our families since our kids were babies. I think it had a big impact on both kids, even though they were too […]

The Cheesecake family took a food-filled and city-centered week-long trip to Portland, Oregon back in August. We loved that Portland was so public transportation friendly and easy to navigate for us suburban folks. The weather was pleasant and made daily excursions into the city easy. Here’s a breakdown of the places we visited and ate […]

We’re headed to Los Angeles in October for our longest visit yet, so I’ve been thinking about the places I want to take the kids. Even though we’ve visited my parents there many times (and I lived there for over 20 years), we haven’t done too much sightseeing because we’re usually busy hanging out with […]

We just got back from a two-week trip to Seoul (the Korean capital) and Busan (the second largest city). We visited Seoul last year too, but my mom’s entire side of the family lives in Korea so I love that Charlie and Olive are able to spend time with them every year. Plus living on […]

Two and a half years ago when we still lived in New York, I wrote a post about why I loved raising kids in the city. I will always love the city, but I also get overwhelmed by large crowds and can feel claustrophobic at times. I didn’t realize just how much I had adapted […]

I am recently back from a crazy couple of months of traveling, particularly the last three weeks. I’ve been on trips to Albuquerque, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Chicago, Kuala Lumpur, and New York over the last few months, with trips in three straight weeks. I’ve been fortunate enough to have almost all of my travel domestic, […]

We recently took a quick Memorial Day weekend trip to Palm Springs, a desert community 2 hours northeast of San Diego. We stayed at the Westin Mission Hills Resort for four days enjoying the moderate desert weather, doing touristy things around town and relaxing poolside with the kids. Here’s a breakdown of our trip to help […]