Tag: Family

Kia Stinger Road Trip Chapter 1: You Can’t Choose Your In-laws, but you can choose to travel with them

Potato Soup Rules! A King (Me) Discuses his Kingdom and Food

A Trip to Dorney Park was Just What My Family Needed

New York City Travel

The Star Wars Costume Exhibit at Discovery Times Square is a Must Stop for Fans

Skylanders Superchargers: Video Game Review

Visiting Charleston with Kids

Musings Parenting

A Visiting MLB Player Gave a Young Fan a Memory to Last a Lifetime

Visiting the MoMA with Kids

Making Great Memories and Scary Ones at the Beach… And eating Kind bars

The Literary Power of Old Yeller Still Moves

Parenting Social Issues

Poorest Children in Urban Areas are at Least Twice as Likely to Die Before Their 5th Birthday: What you can do about it

A Family Ski Vacation in Mont Tremblant

Amazon Mom to Amazon Family: Unless we are talking about a B movie

Taking Care of Myself and My Family: And a Healthy Dad Contest

The Time of Our Lives On Board the Disney Magic: Cruise Review

Visit the Staten Island Yankees for a Fun NYC Family Outing

Gifts Parents Hate
How often do you watch your child unwrap a present and upon seeing the gift, look over at the buyer and think, “What were you thinking?” As a father to four kids, I have quadrupled those moments. Don’t get me wrong, I love it when adults close to me buy my kids gifts. It’s a […]
Bonding With My Sons Over NBA2K21
Last year, a major bonding moment occurred between my sons (ages 16 & 8) and I. My 16-year-old went to Best Buy and came back with NBA2K20. Other than FIFA, all of my son’s games are action-type games. Not really games that you can sit alongside and compete. So when he showed me the game […]
The Lake ‘N” Pines Motel in Cooperstown: The Perfect Place to Stay With Kids
When you’re vacationing with kids, the place where you sleep needs as much consideration as what you do while on vacation. Because I have 4 kids, not only do I need to find a place where all my kids can sleep comfortably, but I need a place that has onsite activities. The hotel/motel/B&B that we […]
Visiting the Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown
The farm life to a New York City kid is a foreign concept. There is a farm in Queens that is on every NYC school’s field trip schedule, but to see a farm, you must be intentional. Seeing cows, goats, and pigs in the Queens Zoo and Bronx Zoo doesn’t quite show what farm life […]
Visiting Cooperstown’s Hyde Hall
Between 1817 and 1834, a mansion designed by Philip Hooker was built for George Clarke. Clarke was a wealthy landowner who inherited a fortune from his grandfather. Before construction began in 1813, Clarke married Ann Low Cary Cooper, a wealthy widow from a prominent New York family. George named his home “Hyde Hall” after his […]