Try as I might to Heisman Trophy pose the current superhero culture, to put some distance between myself and the nonstop onslaught of Marvel and Star Wars films and merch, even I cannot deny that sometimes… superheroes are cool. Fine I said it. And travel is cool too. Here’s the […]
Controversial ideas, I’ve had a few. None, however, are proving as outlandishly controversial as one of my ideas espoused in my newest article for Family Vacation Critic. How’s that for a tease? Click through to discover that controversial idea and a handful of other best contrarian vacation destinations for families […]
It’s loud, it’s raucous and it is intoxicated but damn, New Orleans a magical place to visit with kids. My family spent a long weekend there in the fall of 2014 and I’ve written up a handy guide for having the best weekend in the Big Easy with kids for […]
As we prepared for our 3-week cross country road trip, connecting the dots between a variety of cities and sights, and calculating the drive times from one hotel to the next, I remained pretty wide open to any idea, pit stop and route. The only spot in the nation where […]
When the rotten winds of hateful politics blew through the state of Indiana earlier this year, I looked at that one night on our cross country itinerary and cringed. Do we have to pass through a place that has made it okay, and even celebrated in some circles, to not […]
Our epic cross country road trip is just about finished. All that’s left is the crying. We are a bit sad to be at the end but very excited to get back home to our kitties and our own beds. Oh my god I miss my bed. This is been […]
I’m over on Family Vacation Critic, a fun subsidiary site of Trip Advisor, talking about why my family traveled to Portland, Oregon last summer during our 2-week Pacific Northwest road trip adventure. It wasn’t the doughnuts, although they were delish, and it wasn’t Portlandia (I still haven’t seen that show), […]
