My wife typically transports the twins to and from their childcare locations – be it the school they attend three days a week or my in-laws’ house where they are lucky enough to hang out for two days each week. Due to the fact that she’s the main transporter, she’s also acts as the person… Continue Reading
7 Ways For the Family Man To Enjoy The Outdoors
Life is a balancing act of time and responsibilities. There’s never enough time in the day to do everything you want to do and sometime you have to be creative to enjoy your hobbies while also minding your responsibilities. So, it comes as no surprise that being an outdoorsman when you are a father and… Continue Reading
Gone Snowboarding – All The Way To Colorado!
Big Dan’s Ramblings will be experiencing some radio silence this week as a I make a much-anticipated pilgrimage to Aspen Snowmass. I’ve got a great article lined up for tomorrow and I’ll try and post a few small updates while I’m out there but internet access is an unknown and, well, I’ll be in Snowmass!… Continue Reading
Colorado Prep Shake-Out Hike
The last month or so has seen a resurgence in my interest in hiking and camping. I grew up spending a lot of time outside. Getting back into the game is relatively easy since hiking is such a low-cost sport. But, being the engineer/tech-geek that I am, I love new gear! Because of my upcoming… Continue Reading
2012 Goals – The Anti-Resolution Year!
Last year, around this time, I did a four part series about how I was going to lose weight, run more, read more books and finish off my basement in 2011. Well, newsflash, I didn’t do so well. I did end 2011 with a net loss of about 20lbs which, overall, is nothing to sneeze… Continue Reading
NYC Sports Fans: A Spoiled Bunch
New York City is considered the center of the universe. Ask any native New Yorker, they’ll be all too happy to tell you. It is a city where you can do almost anything, see almost anything, eat almost anything, and meet almost anyone. Choices are abundant here. And, for the most part, that is a… Continue Reading
Building Confidence In the Kitchen
Have you ever wanted to be able to cook without thinking about it? Do you have trouble piecing together a meal from the contents of your refrigerator? Do you feel that you don’t understand the basics of cooking or even some rudimentary skills like chopping, dicing or julienning? Well, that’s how I always felt about… Continue Reading
Breakfast Bake with Eggs
Breakfast is such a boring meal to have people over for. What do you make? A big bowl of scrambled eggs? Maybe a nice banana bread and a bowl of diced fruit. If you’re feeling really creative maybe you’ll make pancakes. The problem with all these options is the time it takes in the kitchen.… Continue Reading