Dad’s House

Dating & Parenting by a Single Dad

Road Trip Planning – Hotels.com Rocks!

Posted on July 1st, 2009 | 18 comments

Are you planning a road trip this summer and need to find places to stay? I gotta tell you – Hotels.com rocks!
I just spent an evening booking rooms for a trip my daughter and I will take later this summer to tour east coast college campuses. I normally hate travel planning, but with Hotels.com I [...]

UC Berkeley Campus Rocks!

Posted on June 17th, 2009 | 17 comments

School’s out for the summer, and with my teen daughter now a high school senior, it’s time for her last round of college campus visits. She’s toured schools throughout California and on the Eastern seaboard. But despite living in the Bay Area, she never toured the UC Berkeley campus.
We fixed that last week. Can I [...]

Tivo Killed Family TV Night

Posted on June 16th, 2009 | 6 comments

When I was a kid growing up, I cherished TV nights I shared with my family. We’d cozy up on the couch and watch things like Monday Night Football or The Bionic Man.
My kids and I don’t have this tradition. Why not?
Head on over to the Silicon Valley Moms Blog where today’s Dad’s House post [...]

Sarah Palin and David Letterman Joke Controversy

Posted on June 15th, 2009 | 38 comments

Sarah Palin is pissed at David Letterman, calling for the comedian to apologize to “young women across the country” for a joke he made about Sarah Palin’s daughter.
Seems Sarah Palin and one of her daughters visited New York city and attended a Yankees baseball game. Sarah’s daughter Bristol Palin is an unwed teen mother (now [...]

Dominos Pizza College Entrance Exam

Posted on June 11th, 2009 | 17 comments

My teen daughter was recently sleeping over with a group of girl friends. She texted me just before midnight:
what’s the ph # of our fav pizza place?
My kids and I love a local pizzeria. It’s not a chain like Pizza Hut or Dominos Pizza. The pizzas at this local place are awesome. I texted her [...]

Meeting a Love Interest in My Rattiest T-Shirt

Posted on June 8th, 2009 | 28 comments

My kids and I slept in on a weekend morning, and I was cooking breakfast in a ratty T-shirt when the doorbell rang. (For the uninitiated, ratty T-shirts are way more comfortable than pajamas.) I peeked through the window, expecting to see one of my son’s friends, but instead found the dad whose home shares [...]

Giving Back Starts Young

Posted on May 19th, 2009 | 10 comments

Michelle Obama recently gave a commencement address to the pioneer graduating class from UC Merced, urging the new graduates to give back to their community.
Seems some Silicon Valley residents may not have gotten that memo.
Are kids in our community learning bad habits, or teaching the adults a thing or two about giving back?
Dad’s House wanders [...]