Category: Travel

Getting Touched by a Ghost inside Leap Castle: An Irish Castle Story

Taking a Black Taxi Tour of Belfast is the Best way to See and Learn About the City

Visiting the Aran Islands and the Cliffs of Moher

Visiting the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin

Finding Joy inside Madame Tussauds New York

Visiting the Warner Brothers Harry Potter Tour

Visiting Westminster Abbey

Parenting Travel

A Welcomed Missed Opportunity in London: Getting Lost on a Ghost Tour with My Son

Parenting Travel

Attending a Chelsea FC Match with My Son and Wishing My Other Son With Us

Parenting Travel

Walking in Shakespeare’s Footsteps: A Father and Son Story

3 Day Itinerary for visiting Shakespeare’s Stratford-upon-Avon

Parenting Travel

Climbing the O2 Arena in the Rain with My Son

Parenting Travel

Flying on the Thames in a Speedboat with my Son

Napping in Marie Antoinette’s Backyard

New York City Travel

Escaping NYC to the Kartrite Indoor Water Park with My Kids

New York City Travel

Visitors Become Art at Wonderland Dreams

Growing up with Green Day and Finally Seeing Them in Concert
When I was a junior in high school, I walked into a record store and was perusing when I was approached by an employee. We got to talking and I shared with him my love of punk rock. We chatted about Iggy Pop, The Ramones, The Misfits, Black Flag, and The Clash. While chatting, he […]
Getting Touched by a Ghost inside Leap Castle: An Irish Castle Story
I climbed up the narrow spiral staircase behind my group. I was the last one up. As I climbed, I noticed a small wooden door. I grasped the handle and pulled it open. The door led to an empty and dark hallway. In my right hand, I held my heavy Sony a7Rii camera. In my […]
Learning Apps for Struggling Students and Students Wanting To Push Themselves More
When it comes to educating our children, we need all the help we can get. Whether you have a struggling student or a student that breezes through their work and needs to be challenged more, parenting a school-age kid is hard. We want what’s best for our kids and will do and try anything to […]
Remembering 9/11
I’m not sure why, but I’ve never written about 9/11. I’m always at a crossroads if I should write when something happens that triggers a story. But when you’re a writer, you write about what you feel. You write your story. For all of us that were alive on September 11, 2001, 9/11 is part […]
Taking a Black Taxi Tour of Belfast is the Best way to See and Learn About the City
Our taxi driver, Paddy O’Donnell, sat behind the wheel sharing a tragic story of the reason a monument was erected. On the spot, civilians were murdered and homes burned down. As he spoke to us, a Frenchman on a bicycle rode up to Mr. O’Donnell’s window. Paddy rolled the window down and the man on […]

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