Alexandra Vaillancourt
Nanny Chant-a-Long
Dateline Boston -- This week I’m training the new nanny who will be taking over when I finish my nannying job in a couple...
Creative Way to Save Money and Spend Fun
Dateline Boston -- This week Husband, Teenager 2, and I are on vacation. We’re not travelers at this point in our lives, and our...
Respect, Please!
Dateline Boston -- I have thought a lot about the Orlando tragedy.
What I would like is for the things we teach in preschool to...
Priceless at the Palladium
Dateline Boston -- Summer, 1994. I meet Victoria, a friend of a friend, who is also a very big Prince fan. Though we have...
Where a Stream Is Not a Body of Water
Dateline Boston -- A few months ago in a public place, I overheard a young man and woman talking. They looked to be in...
How Would You Dress for a Fancy Dinner?
Dateline Boston -- This week I met a friend for dinner. She was going to a meeting in Harvard Square—yes, that Harvard Square, the...
A Story for Our Grandkids
Dateline Boston -- Many years ago, before the internet, my friend D and I went to stand in line overnight for Prince tickets, a...
Must Love Cats – You Must
Dateline Boston -- We like to go to friends’ houses for dinner. We talk, laugh, check out their digs, play with their children. Every...
Walking Down Prince Memory Lane
Dateline Boston -- Spring Break in Minnesota, 1994: When I was in college, I befriended a woman named Ann. When she told me she...
Suffering from Purple Pain
Dateline Boston -- The death of Prince on April 21 left me reeling. I’ve been a fan since 1984, the year Purple Rain was...
