Posts Tagged ‘travel’

The Funnest Thing Ever Said

The Funnest Thing Ever Said
Tweet We’re driving away from Paris, half way to Toulouse where we’d sleep before passing up, over, and through the Pyrenees & Andorra, as we hustled back to Barcelona to fly home.  I glanced behind me to check on the kids only...
May 3rd, 2012 | Musings on Parenting | Read More

How I Turn Credit Cards Rewards Into Free Vacations

How I Turn Credit Cards Rewards Into Free Vacations
Tweet Credit card debt is FUN! No, no it’s not.  It sucks eggs. I should know.  I’ve had major issues with plastic debt.  Ten years ago, I was nearly $20,000 in the red with Discover, American Express, and some random Visa card (probably...
February 3rd, 2012 | Musings on Parenting, Traveling with Kids | Read More

My 2012 New Year’s Resolution

My 2012 New Year’s Resolution
Tweet Quit chain smoking. Lose weight. Retire the Member’s Only jacket. Stop downloading porn. I rarely make New Year’s resolutions. This year though, I am. I’m making just one and it is this: To commit to a life ruled by the law...
December 30th, 2011 | Musings on Parenting, Traveling with Kids | Read More

Traveling With Kids in Style and on a Budget

Traveling With Kids in Style and on a Budget
Tweet Traveling with kids can be immensely rewarding.  It can also be, as any parent who has ever tried it knows all too well, insanely frustrating. First, you’ve got the transportation issues: Modern air travel, when involving major international...
April 13th, 2011 | Musings on Parenting, Traveling with Kids | Read More

Review: Universal Orlando Islands of Adventure & Wizarding World of Harry Potter

Review: Universal Orlando Islands of Adventure & Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Tweet The approach to Hogsmeade and Hogarts castle, through ‘The Lost Continent’ and Seuss Landing in Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventure, is absolutely stunning.  For a man-made edifice depicting a fictional place known...
September 13th, 2010 | OWTK Toy Reviews, PRODUCT REVIEWS, Traveling with Kids | Read More

Wordless Sunday

Tweet On Vacation… …posting will be slim to none. Here’s one reason why: Holmes Beach, FL Sunday 9/5/2010 …here’s another: A little slice of paradise; Our private pool.
September 5th, 2010 | Traveling with Kids, wordless wednesday | Read More

The No Fail, Little-Kids-on-a-Plane Plan

The No Fail, Little-Kids-on-a-Plane Plan
Tweet The Mouse, age 2, getting ready to board a plane As we get set to embark on another journey skyward with the children, I figured now would be a great time to revisit my No Fail Kids-on-a-Plane Plan.  I wrote that 4 years ago, just before we...
August 31st, 2010 | Musings on Parenting, Traveling with Kids | Read More

Review: Hershey’s Chocolate World

Review: Hershey’s Chocolate World
Tweet We’ve been to Hershey a few times, but the girls and I made the 1 hour and 15 minute drive west again yesterday morning with a single-minded purpose: to test-drive CREATE YOUR OWN CANDY BAR, the faux-factory’s latest attraction. The...
August 13th, 2010 | So Much Time So Little To Do | Read More

Quickie Visitors Guide to Holidays Shows in Atlantic City

Tweet We were just in A.C. for a college basketball tournament, to cheer on my MSU Spartans.  While in the East Coast gambling mecca, we hit a couple of the well-promoted family holiday events.  Here’s my quick take on what we saw: The Tropicana...
December 4th, 2009 | OWTK Getaways, So Much Time So Little To Do | Read More

Summer Vacation Planning

Tweet All it took was one innocuous Facebook post. Over the weekend, Bill Childs of Spare the Rock Spoil the Child wrote, quite simply, that he was plotting his family’s Summer road trip. That’s all…no details, no dreamy locale...
April 13th, 2009 | Traveling with Kids | Read More
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