My 13 year old son’s Exotic Fruit Challenge: Cherimoya. Reminds us of: floral pineapple. Texture: like melon crossed with pineapple but with bigger seeds. Not as stringy as pineapple. Flavor: sweet with a floral quality. Verdict: very good! We were not sure if the cherimoya was overripe. My books: Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me Amazon / Signed…
My 13-year-old son’s Exotic Fruit Challenge: Dragonfruit. Reminds us of: watermelon crossed with kiwi. Texture: like a grainy kiwi. Flavor: like watermelon but not as sweet and with seeds like kiwi. Verdict: very good! Explore exotic fruit in this lovely board book that might entice your kids to try dragonfruit and more! Exotic Fruit by…
My son’s second Exotic Fruit Challenge: Prickly Pear Fruit (also called Tunas or Cactus Fruit). Reminds us of: pomegranate crosses with melon. Texture: like Honeydew melon but with larger and harder pomegranate-like seeds. Flavor: like kiwi. Verdict: pretty good but have to get used to the mealy/mushy texture and not sure if we eat the…
We are heading to San Antonio where we will meet up with some indigo clothing co. models. Their parents are dear family friends, but, as my girls’ tell me, there is no such thing as a family vacation anymore because all vacations are working vacations for our young entrepreneurs. p.s. For more ideas of what…
In celebration of the launch of the How To Coach Girls book, we are partnering with Berkshire Soccer Academy, a sleep-away soccer camp for girls, with a five-part series. March: The effect of Team Impact on the Boston College Women’s Soccer Team. How To Coach Girls is available here. I let my kids do one week of extravagant…
My daughters have launched their own clothing company, upcycling vintage and modern pieces, and dying them using a Japanese shibori technique. Indigo Clothing Co. Products: + 100% natural indigo dye + a modern take on Japanese shibori dyeing techniques + upcycled vintage & modern pieces + environmentally and socially conscious They started the company at…
Now that my daughter is in her second term of the RISD Pre-College Program and she’s commuting from Boston, thus eating lunch and snacks in restaurants around RISD, we’ve amassed a short list of foodie and shopping finds. I must make note that these are all carefully screened recommendations by Jenny Brown, a local artist…