Kids

Being Frugal

Alan Barber July 31, 2018 Kids

Part of the reason that Dorea and I decided to become permanently car free is that we are cheapskates. I’ve always been a tightwad, but I wasn’t always good at budgeting and controlling impulse purchases. Dorea was always good at budgeting, but not as good at penny-pinching. We became big fans of Amy Dacyczyn (if […]

Carfree with Kids

Alan Barber July 31, 2018 Kids Carfree

To say our younger kid R (now 8) loves trains and buses is a severe understatement. His love started to show at age 2 when he nearly exploded with happiness every time he saw a train pull into the subway station and easily memorized the order of stops on the Red line, our usual Boston […]