There will be other posts about my weekend getaway with the big girls to Legoland and Southern California. Posts about how grown-up these kids have gotten, posts about Post-It notes in bathrooms, and posts about how the best part of our vacation involved a night in the hotel. For now, however, mere hours after we’ve […]
One of the coolest things about my job as a family travel writer is that I get to take my kids along on some pretty kick-ass assignments. Case in point: Our trip this coming weekend, to LEGOLAND California. You might recall that this isn’t the first time I’ve taken one of my daughters to Legoland; […]
I get to meet some wonderful people through my job as a journalist, and this weekend was no exception. Powerwoman and I attended a swanky dinner in a local vineyard, and ended up sitting across the table from a fascinating couple. We got to talking and discerned that the duo value family travel as much […]
Every kid likes treasure hunts. There’s something about the quest, something about the thrill of the hunt. Of course there’s also the sheer excitement at those moments of discovery—the very seconds the kids find what they’re looking for and practically jump for joy. Friends tell me this is one of the things that makes Pokemon […]
I never shy away from acting as a family travel expert—it’s a title in which I take great pride. That’s precisely why I was eager to help friend and fellow freelance writer Katie Morell when she called me asking for input on an article. That article, titled, “Affordable Wanderlust: Traveling with Children,” was published on […]
I’ve mentioned that L and I traveled to Portland last weekend. What I neglected to mention—at least in detail—is why: We went to attend the bar mitzvah of one of my cousin’s kids. The cousin in question is a relative I haven’t seen in 12 years. That means he’d never met L. It also means […]
The assignment from her second grade teacher was simple: Keep a journal on your weekend trip to Portland. Thankfully my Big Girl took the task seriously. And what followed warmed my heart. I’ll spare you the gory details of her journal entries from our time last weekend in P-Town. The highlights: Recollections of an afternoon […]
I take great pride in my involvement with the Family Travel Association (FTA)—I was one of the founding board members, and have been an active participant ever since. With this in mind, I invite you to join me and my FTA colleagues at our annual summit next month. The shindig takes place Oct. 23-26 at […]
Travel is at its best when it’s serendipitous—when magical coincidences make seemingly ordinary happenings feel extraordinary. Such was the case this weekend when I traveled to Portland with my biggest girl, L. We were in town for a number of reasons: 1) To attend the bar mitzvah of a cousin, 2) To see one of […]
I’ve got great colleagues on the Expedia Viewfinder blog, and two of them recently published a video worth watching. The video, dubbed “Kids Talk Travel,” is two minutes of bliss in which Rick Griffin and Sandi McKenna (the duo behind Midlife Road Trip) interview a number of kids on the subject of what the kiddos […]