Tag: NY

New York City Travel

Escaping NYC to the Kartrite Indoor Water Park with My Kids

Travel

Taking Necessary “Me Time” at Black Button Distilling

Parenting Travel

Rochester NY is the Perfect Place to Vacation with Kids

Travel

3 Day Itinerary for Visiting Cooperstown and The National Baseball Hall of Fame

New York City

An Unmarked Slavery Burial Ground Sits in the Bronx Next to a Gated Cemetary

Travel

The Strong: National Museum of Play – One of my favorite Museums to take kids

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 […]
Visiting the Aran Islands and the Cliffs of Moher
My trip to Ireland is filled with places I wish I could’ve spent more time. One of those places is Inis Mor (Inishmore) of the Aran Islands. The Aran Islands are made up of 3 small rocky islands. Inishmore is the largest. The other two are Inishmaan (Inis Meain) and Inisheer (Inis Oiir). The landscape […]

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