Thank you to Enterprise for sponsoring this post. Beating the Sunday Scaries At the end of 2018 Enterprise commissioned a study on Sunday depression (aka the Sunday Scaries or Sunday Blues), and the results are eye-opening. Essentially, even though the work week is Monday through Friday, and people only have… Read More
Where Else Can You Go for the Cost of a Disneyland Vacation?
Disneyland Prices Disney just released its 2019 ticket prices, and they’re going up. Way up. Our kids have never been obsessed with Disney, but we’ve never been anti-Disney either. We’ve been to Hong Kong Disneyland once, Disney World twice, and Disneyland maybe ten times (we were annual pass holders for… Read More
Three Kid-Friendly Days in Los Cabos
Cabo with Kids I’ve lived in California for over 18 years, but had never before visited Los Cabos – the area of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula that includes the towns of San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas – despite it being an extremely easy, nearby destination. So in mid-December… Read More
11 Amazing Big City Hotels
The Best Big City Hotels This month Travelocity asked me to write about my favorite big city hotels, as a complement to my post on amazing destination hotels. I loved doing this post and thinking through everywhere we’ve stayed in the world’s largest cities, and which hotels really impressed us… Read More
Door County, Wisconsin with Kids
Door County with Kids Following a great two days in Milwaukee, my 8-year-old daughter and I drove to Door County for two days. I was planning on including Door County in an overall Wisconsin with Kids post, but I realized that Door County was so different from Milwaukee that, while… Read More
Milwaukee with Kids: Two Perfect Days
Wisconsin! I had always wanted to visit Wisconsin. My grandparents lived in Milwaukee for decades, my dad was born in Milwaukee, and when I was growing up, Green Bay Packers great Bart Starr was a frequent house guest. Plus I have a lot of friends from the state. When Travel… Read More
Three Days in Houston with Kids
Three Family-Friendly Days in Houston We’ve just returned from a weekend trip to Houston, and I was utterly impressed with the city! I flew in with my 10-year-old son on a Friday afternoon, spent two very busy days doing everything we could fit in, visited one more major attraction on… Read More
Los Angeles with Kids
Things to Do in LA with Kids I get a lot of questions about what to do in LA with kids. That makes sense, given that we live less than two hours away. But we just don’t drive down very often. It’s a frustrating city, with a lot of traffic… Read More
5 Reasons to Visit Glacier National Park This Summer
Glacier National Park with Kids Last summer, in conjunction with Visit Montana, my 7-year-old daughter and I flew to Whitefish, Montana and explored Whitefish and Glacier National Park for four days. It remains one of my favorite trips – it was an easy destination from Los Angeles, the hiking, kayaking… Read More
Houston with Kids: Planning the Ultimate Three-Day Itinerary
Texas with Kids When Travel Texas contacted me with an invitation to discover family-friendly Texas in advance of their Find More Texas Sweepstakes, they let me select our destination. I immediately chose Houston. I have several friends who live in Houston who are always posting to social media, and the city… Read More
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