My Favorite Place in London
“This is my street and I’m never going to leave it. And I’m always going to stay here if I live to be ninety-nine. Cause all the people I...
"Tell Anne's Mummy What Your Favourite Book Is."
My daughter is in her final weeks of nursery school. The English equivalent of kindergarten (called Reception) begins at age four, and...
CUP OF JO'S Motherhood Around the World
I've been following Joanna Goddard's blog, A Cup of Jo, for a few years. I love her takes on motherhood, fashion, marriage and work-life...
Socialism for the Under-Fives
The author/illustrator duo, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, have produced some of our family's favorite picture books--The Gruffalo,...
Introducing Our Daughter to a Great Yankee Tradition: Pie for Breakfast
We just spent a couple of weeks on vacation, visiting family and friends on the east coast. While serving my daughter a slice of...
Lost in Translation
Walking to work the other day, I noticed this sign on the side of a bus shelter on Oxford Street. It's advertising Tesco's low, low price...
Real Fairy Tales (the antidote to princess overload)
After a weekend of watching Disney movies with my sick daughter, and many requests for “one more story” from an insipid book of fairy...
Farrow & Ball Bore
Since we bought our house, I have developed an intolerable interest in decor. No detail is too small. I don’t dare join Pinterest for...
Lost in Translation
Feast your eyes on Pret a Manger’s “freshly whizzed” ad campaign… In England, “whizzed” means “blended.” In America it means… Well. Let’s...
Scones on the Beach
We took a little trip to the Devon coast recently to visit our English aunts, uncles and cousins. They had planned the best day out ever:...