February 25, 2011
After I know where my family wants to go, the very first thing I do when planning a family vacation is to decide where we’re going to stay. For us, that comes before researching inexpensive air fare or travel routes. Pick a destination, find a good hotel, bed and breakfast, rented apartment or condo, motel ...
February 18, 2011
Sometimes you just wanna get away, just like the Southwest Airlines commercial proclaims. But sometimes you don’t want to fly, have a limited budget, and a limited amount of time. For those of you living in or visiting Southern California, here’s a two day/one night trip that makes for a relaxing family get away. First ...
February 18, 2011
Maine is mainly just – fun. Part of the pleasure of visiting this north eastern state is the variety of activities and scenery it offers. Beaches and resorts, forests, farms, the rugged White Mountains, art colonies and fishing fleets, organic growers and lobster-men. There’s the beautiful wilderness of Arcadia National Park, an under-visited beauty that ...
February 17, 2011
We love every Hawaiian island, Maui, Oahu, the Big Island of Hawaii, Lanai, and Kauai. We’ll be visiting Molokai soon, and I’m sure we’ll love that, too. The Kauai we experienced was wet to the north and dry to the south, had a lot of wild chickens the kids enjoyed chasing in parking lots and ...
February 17, 2011
This is a good review and a bad review of an elegant and luxurious hotel that’s long dominated the hotel scene on the north shore of Kauai. With iconic views – they filmed the movie musical Bali Hai here – and a rich, wet, jungle flower setting, the Princeville Resort is known the world ...
February 16, 2011
One of our favorite island destinations was once a rugged whaling stop off the Massachusetts coast. Nantucket island is more than thirty miles off shore and it’s a longer ferry ride from Cape Cod to Nantucket than it is to the more frequented Martha’s Vineyard. Confession time: as much as my family and I enjoy ...
February 16, 2011
Many people think of island vacations as always including palm trees, little grass shacks, coconuts, and tropical sunshine. But there are other island vacations that can offer a great deal of relaxing fun for you and your family…in the island communities of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, Massachusetts just off the coast of Cape Cod. Summer ...
February 14, 2011
The Northern California valley is lush and green, the sunset is rosy over the hills, and the vineyards stretch as far as the eye can see. We’re not far from Napa in miles but far from the crush of wine buyers and tasters and expensive boutique hotels that accompany it. It’s a bucolic view ...
February 14, 2011
If you want to teach your children about history, it’s never too early and you should try and make your history lessons come alive. With that advice in mind, we were eager to take our children to Colonial Williamsburg Virginia, where re-enactments of famous moments in American history are part of the fabric of this ...
February 14, 2011
A long time ago and far away I had a romantic honeymoon in Cabo San Lucas. I also toured the museums of Mexico City, walked rugged Mayan ruins, and solved any lack of purified water with a margarita. In others, Mexico, and a trip to the Yucatan Peninsula not far from Cancun, was not the ...
