There was just no way that my husband and I were going to take on the new school year without rebooting. No. Way. So we did what we always do when we need to get in touch with our more romantic, more fun selves. We left our kids for a night away in New York City. We chose to escaped to the new citizenM hotel in Times Square, which opened only recently this past April 2014. The ho[...]
I can't believe that summer is almost over. It just seems to have flown by. Normally, around this time of year, most parents are excited about the beginning of school and there have been days during this summer when I have been there too. But most of the time I want to hold on just a bit longer. I want more time. A few more days of lazy mornings and happy, laughing children in pajamas. Of[...]
This year has been full of amazing road trips adventures. I have always said that one of the reasons I enjoy road trips so much is because of all the things you can see that you wouldn't otherwise were you on a plane. The road trip through the Southwest that I took with my girlfriends on an RV was a great way of turning the fun of road tripping and camping into one fun experience with f[...]
The fast-changing pace of New York City makes it easy for those who visit, and even some of those who live there, to miss details of its history. It's easy to walk past a landmark and not really notice its significance for being there, or into a restaurant and not even know about events that might have taken place years, if not centuries, ago. New York City is not the oldest city in the[...]
This past weekend, my family and I headed to the town of Newcomb in the beautiful Adirondacks. We've been to the area before and have enjoyed it, but the purpose of my visit this time was as an invited guest speaker at the symposium "Toward A More Diverse Adirondacks", where educators, scientists, sociologists, business leaders, and community members addressed the lack of diversity in the[...]
In my hope to help you plan your own family vacation through France, I have shared details of our own trip. So far, I've shared tips on how to rent a country home in Renting a GÎte in France. Then I've shared tips and lessons learned while Planning a Family Vacation in France. In this post, I want to highlight the fun places we visited during our trip.read more[...]
When I took this photo, I had just found out that I had gotten to the next stage of several interviews with a casting director for a travel network. I wasn't sure how I felt about it. A part of me was really excited, another part of me was confused, concerned even, to what something like this would mean to my life - if it ever came to be (it is quite possible at this point that it probably[...]
Our recent vacation to France has only been our second trip outside of the country together. It's expensive to travel internationally as a large family and though I want to encourage those with kids to travel together, I also understand if you want to wait till you feel the time is more ideal, especially if your kids are still very little. We don't have family overseas that we can stay w[...]
It is difficult to talk about my fears and insecurities before I face them while on the road because a part of my building up the courage is in convincing myself that the little trembling inside is insignificant when compared to my courage. But, once I have taken it on I find myself in my hotel room overwhelmed with what I have just done, playing the images in my head over and over as i[...]
I have a lot to share about my time in France, including our lovely family vacation in Paris. While I work on all my stories, I wanted to take a minute to share with you a quick little video my family and I put together to give you a glimpse into a day in Paris with us. It's not professionally shot, most of it was my teen or me, or whomever was willing to hold the phone because shoot[...]
