Earlier today while scrolling through pins on Pinterest and enjoying my morning coffee, I stumbled upon a pin that leads me to Travel & Leisure’s Best U.S. Cities for Affordable Getaways. I wasn’t surprised to find that Kansas City, Missouri took top honors. I know you might be thinking, “Really, you weren’t surprised?” You might […]
Often when I travel with my son, we spend part of a day on some tour through the city we are visiting to get the lay of the land and sometimes as a way to get around town. Many people roll their eyes and groan at the thought of a tour because they have the […]
Our road trip through Western New York state and Canada included many new pit stops. We were very excited for our two days in Toronto because we planned on cheering on our beloved New York Yankees that were scheduled to play the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. We were also excited because we had […]
When my son was little we occasionally took vacations. Often times we made day trips to places like Sesame Place or riding “Thomas the Train” in Essex, Connecticut. Outside of quick day trips we would once in a while head down south to visit family. It wasn’t until my son entered the third grade that […]
Today was a good day. I was in New York City. More specifically on the Upper West Side and in Central Park, both of which feel like home. It is hard to believe that it has been almost twenty years since I moved from a small town in Louisiana into my first NYC apartment on W. […]
This year will be the 100th anniversary of the world’s most famous shipwreck, the Titanic. Several events will take place to commemorate this anniversary like the re-release in 3-D of the 1997 Titanic movie and an auction of 5,000 artifacts. Another way to mark this event is to visit the Titanic, The Artifact Exhibition. We […]
Today I was in NYC and had the same energized feeling that I had eighteen years ago when I moved to the “Big Apple.” My son shares the same love of the city. I thought it would be great to pass along some easy tips to navigate the city for other families. Some of my […]
After what I have called my year of transition (new house, new job, new car), I was looking to escape where I could leave all the craziness of my life behind for a couple of days. My aha moment came when I recalled a quote referencing Cape Cod by Henry David Thoreau, ” A man […]
An hour north of NYC you can spend the day as if you were living in the 16th Century at the New York Renaissance Faire. My son and I had a great time a couple of years ago in the woodlands of Sterling Forest in Tuxedo Park, New York. We spent a full day enjoying […]
For any baseball fans out there, a trip to Cooperstown, New York should be in your future. My son LOVES baseball, so there was no better way to honor one of his favorite sports than with a visit to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. When we visited last summer, we started our day early […]