Venturing Abroad as a Gluten-Free Traveler – Tips & Advice on What to Expect
As I sit here on our return flight after a two-week family trip to Italy, I marvel at how we did it. Not how we traveled with two teenagers, but how we managed to do it without any major gluten-free dining snags! As any of you who have traveled abroad know, this is no small feat. It’s a landscape […]
Hitting The Slopes
Hitting the Slopes in a Gluten-Free Friendly Western Ski Town There’s nothing quite like spring skiing out West. The temperatures are tolerable, there’s a great base of snow built up on the slopes, and there’s even a good chance for some fresh powder, too! With our boys’ spring break falling in March this past year, when ski resorts are […]
A Gluten-Free Journey
Aboard Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas Ever since we took our first cruise as a family almost nine years ago, we’d been talking about going on another. I get many cruise reviews submitted to my website, and over the years I’ve been impressed by what I’ve heard about the Royal Caribbean cruise line. Back in 2012, they formalized […]
Gluten-Free By The Sea
Dining Gluten-Free in America’s East Coast Beach Towns Since I was a child, I’ve been visiting Ocean City, Maryland, and my husband and I have continued the tradition by taking our own kids there each summer. It’s a popular beach town full of attractions like mini golf, amusement parks, movie theaters, water slides, go-karts, and a boardwalk spanning over 30 blocks. […]
Kids & Sports
Help your gluten-free child feel “part of the team” Recently I heard about a conversation two kids were having about my celiac son, Ryan, who happens to play ice hockey. It went something like this: Gavin: Ryan’s a really fast skater. Jack: You know he’s gluten-free, right? I’m still chuckling about the whole thing. It’s got […]
Educate, Empower, Empathize: Helping your children Cope with Celiac Disease
My husband is an Eagle Scout. He continues to use this phrase in the present tense, because apparently once you’re an Eagle Scout, you’re always an Eagle Scout. And trust me, he still acts like an Eagle Scout today. He told me this funny story a couple of months ago about when he earned his […]