Tag: vacation

Visiting Our Lady of the Rocks in Montenegro: A tired parenting story

Always Always Always Charge the Nintendo Switch Before a Road Trip: A Pokemon Sword and Shield Story

How My Kids Spent $160 on Tiny Rubber Ducks on a Royal Caribbean Cruise

Trump Ruined My Vacation while His Administration is Ruining Lives

The Winter is the Best Time to Buy a Vacation Home

3 Days in Rome with My Family

Marriage Travel

Lunch Dates in Mont Tremblant

Visiting Charleston with Kids

Hammock and Palms Sunglasses: Product Review

Vacationing in Naples, Florida with Kids

A Family Ski Vacation in Mont Tremblant

Wine Tasting with the Kids in Provence

Freezing Moments and Creating Memories at Disneyland

Visiting New Orleans with Kids

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 […]