Hi there! It's the 7th edition of The Little Loop Newsletter by Clovie. I look forward to writing this every week, and its become a form of journaling for me now. So thank you for that! I'm writing this newsletter while in Long Beach Island, New Jersey for my husband's side of the family's annual beach vacation. Think 17 people packed into one house, kids/screaming/crying/laughing/playing, lots of wine, very little sleep, sunblock, sandy donuts, and memories that carry us through the entire...
14 days ago • 3 min read
Hi there! It's the sixth edition of The Little Loop by Clovie! The subscriber count keeps growing each week, thank you for being here. We are in the last stretch of summer, and my whole house is trying to wring every drop out of it. So this week I went looking for a weekend that still feels like summer: a sunflower field, a fountain to run through, a puppet show, and a craft table for when the heat wins. TLDR: Five picks this weekend, two to just show up to and three to plan around, across...
21 days ago • 2 min read
Hi there! We made it to the fifth edition of The Little Loop by Clovie. Thank you for being here! My weekend: we had a blast at the Germantown Splash Park for a 3rd birthday party. Highly recommend (and I did, in the Little Loop last week!). The rest of the weekend was our usual "little loop" (now you know where the name came from): Cabin John train, pool, "taking a drive" since our 3-year only naps in the car, soccer class, swim class, and multiple double espressos. This weekend's TLDR: we...
28 days ago • 3 min read
Hello again! Welcome to the fourth edition of The Little Loop by Clovie. If you’re new here, please say hello! This past weekend was an interesting one — poor air quality, one sick kid, but had a nice turnaround on Sunday with a family outing to a new restaurant that reminded me why I’m obsessed with my kids. We’ve got some low to mid 80s this weekend, so the list leans two directions: find water and shade, or drive out to the local farmland to see some cute animals and shop local produce....
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Hi there! Welcome to the third issue of Clovie's Newsletter: The Little Loop. We are officially in the deep end of summer. My 3-year old just started jumping off the diving board, which means I now spend my weekends treading water underneath it, arms out, telling a kid I have got them when that kid very clearly no longer needs to be got. The pool has become our whole season. And not just the swimming part. The people part. It took years, and I do mean years, but we finally have the thing...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Hi there! Welcome to the second issue of Clovie's Newsletter: The Little Loop. Update from the heat wave and July Fourth Weekend with two little ones: we survived it. Lots of hot dogs, and mostly indoors, exactly as promised. But it turns out I wasn't the only one having a big weekend in the middle of a 100 degree holiday. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got married at Madison Square Garden on Friday night, which means we may have a future Swift Kelce baby soon. So naturally I started thinking...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Hi there! Welcome to the first issue of Clovie's Newsletter: The Little Loop. This one took me a few hours: real research, a full do-over halfway through, and a hard rule that nothing made the list unless I'd actually take my own kids. Speaking of me: I was born and raised in Potomac, then spent 12 years living and working in NYC. I met my husband there, had a baby, and we moved back to Maryland when my son was six weeks old. Cramming all of that (new city, a newborn, the suburbs, a new...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read