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| Three-Martini Family Vacation: A Field Guide to Intrepid Parenting | 
 enlarge | Author: Christie Mellor
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 744743
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.5
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.874
ASIN: B0014JQ7LW
Publication Date: May 3, 2007
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Product Description
Chill the glasses! The author of the wildly successful Three-Martini Playdate is back with more irreverent and useful advice about life with children. Wickedly funny essays offer helpful advice on harnessing the energy of toddlers-gone-wild: on vacation, out to dinner, even just when grandmother stops by for a visit. Parents will relearn the art of traveling, socializing, and eating out like adults . . . sometimes with well-behaved children in tow. In dozens of short, kicky chapters like Cocktail Parties: Actually for Grown-ups! and The Theme Park Vacation: A Last Resort, Christie Mellor gently reminds parents that family vacations can truly be fun.
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 Another breath of fresh air from Christie Mellor September 23, 2007
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
The Three-Martini Playdate has become a standard baby-shower gift from our family, and this sequel is even more fun. Please note, Mellor's delightfully acid wit is strictly for grownups; the narrow-minded, the self-infatuated and the judgmental just won't get it. But if you are ready to let your hair down with a frankly hilarious fellow-parent, this is the book for you. The real bonus is that Mellor's light, wacky style belies a serious message of consideration, manners and tolerance that is a real pleasure for concerned parents to read.
Quirky Fun August 19, 2007
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
The tongue-in-cheek humor of this book is a welcome relief from all the parenting books out there that make everything so serious. Yes, we're stressed and harried but we don't have to worry about it all the time. This is a fast reading book that shines a quirky, very funny light on everything from car trips to cafe manners.
Take a break from your busy life and enjoy a cocktail with this book!
Intelligent, hilarious October 9, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I loved Three-Martini Playdate, the Three-Martini Family Vacation did not disappoint either; just as funny, insightful, and intelligently written as the first one, I love these books!
 More of the same bad attitude September 23, 2007
3 out of 15 found this review helpful
Just as with her other book, this author writes with a mean-spirited tone and is condescending toward any parenting that differs from her own. What I came away with after reading this book is that she is merely a selfish person with a very high opinion of herself and a low opinion of all of us who do things differently.
After reading her other book, I would've never bought this new one but I received it as a gift and felt obligated. I was also hoping this one would be better, but it wasn't - it's worse.
A Must Read ! October 4, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Probably the funniest book I have ever read on parenting. Mellor doles out wise parenting advice with a side of satire. A real break from other "real" parenting books and a quick read for the ever busy among us. A must for parents who can laugh at themselves and/or others.
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