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Midwest winters can seem endless. The payoff? Perfect summer temperatures! Each year I vow to savor every minute of the warm weather. Although I can’t put everything on hold, I...
Thomas Jefferson advised the we should have a revolution every 20 years. He meant government, but the idea applies to anything: If we don’t continually rethink how we do what...
Teens sometimes get a bad rap. People think they’re hard to please and harder to travel with. But the key to traveling with teens—and keeping the whole family happy—is to...
“’Cause down the shore everything’s all right.” ---Tom Waits, JERSEY GIRL Some see the Jersey Shore as a travel destination, a place to take the family for a couple of...
Summer vacations for some families mean active adventures, while for others the summer is a perfect time to start exploring college campuses. Imagine being able to do both in one...
Summertime's almost here – time to start planning your summer travels! We've taken the guesswork out of your planning by seeking out advice from top family travel writers from across...
Air travel can be stressful nowadays with long lines, flight delays and cramped seating. Add luggage, children, strollers and even pets to the mix and you have a veritable powder...
Planning your family vacation can be overwhelming--where to go, what to do, how to get there, you name it. There are a lot of details to planning a summer vacation....
Your passport is gone and you are in another county. What are you going to do? Misplacing your passport is enough to strike terror in the hearts of any traveler but imagine you are 15, traveling with your aunt to Paris on your first-ever international trip, and you set down your airplane ticket and [ ... ]
One of the best ways to experience new places is to eat the local favorite. Each country, state, region and even city has a dish that allows you to have a unique culinary experience while visiting. It tells me about the destination and the people who call it home.
Unfortunately, I can’t travel all [ ... ]
Heading to Las Vegas with the family this summer? Not to worry, here's a quick list of my Top 5 picks to keep all ages satisfied: Wet-N-Wild Las Vegas is the place to be this summer. Nevada's premier water park will offer over 25 slides and attractions. Several of the attractions are named after fa [ ... ]
Train travel is often associated with romance and air travel (at least nowadays) with hassle. Similarly, hotel airports have a seedy reputation, while a hotel in a train station sounds elegant.
My kids and I have stayed at the Crowne Plaza Indianapolis Downtown Union Station, with rooms in an actual [ ... ]
Playing in the mud, getting splashed with paint, lighting up the night or getting chased by zombies all add a little excitement to the typical 5K race. Fun runs are all the rage and a great way to get newbies involved in running; or to give veteran runners a change of pace. Most fun runs remove the [ ... ]
Head over to Universal Studios Hollywood for two new rides and an expanded Studio Tour! It’s a perfect Summer Vacation Idea. Plus, right now when you “a day you get the rest of 2013 free."
As a runner, I wanted to pay my respects to the Boston Marathoners; as an environmentalist, I didn’t want to use a lot of gas to go to ston.
We had no choice but to drive to Boston to pick my daughter up at college; the self-same daughter who refuses to eat industrialized food or buy clothing pr [ ... ]
If the dressing defines a family’s Thanksgiving dinner, then I can only figure mine is a stew. Most branches of the Southern family I married into 34 years ago know precisely whether cornbread dressing is best, or oyster. Moist to serve with a tablespoon or firm needing a spatula.
Comfort foods, these are, evoking childhood and traditions.
Appreciation of each is all I can add to spirited dressing debates because my New Jersey mother prepared Pepperidge Farm Stuffing: open the bag and dump into boiling water with butter.
Land O’Lakes was her butter brand but that hardly qualifies me for a discussion of gourmet preferences even though I’ve seen their Wisconsin farms.
Generally it’s best for Blended Family Mom to set the tables and handle the logistics instead of the menu.
That’s practical for big occasion dinner parties, and also a pretty good metaphor for complicated relationships.
Honoring taste buds tied to memories seems to me one of the wonderful opportunities with Thanksgiving dinners and if we can achieve that on iconic holidays, good chance the habit will stick year-round.
Traveling foodie children of Blended Family Mom: Andrew and Lisa, on holiday in Uruguay, bringing for Thanksgiving homemade prosciutto, personally cured bacon and muffins following the Paleo plan.
Of course, it can be tricky if everyone coming to my house wants to bring their perfect dressing! We rarely set a table with fewer than a dozen places and sometimes as many as 40.
Nice secondary benefit of welcoming the foods prepared by all those who know in their heart-of-hearts what tastes best: leftovers.
Christmas dinner dressing gets ready, too, because those who cook with confidence generally prepare way too much.
So where exactly do we merge our commitment to growing our own food and eating local for Thanksgiving?
We’ll have eggs from backyard chickens thanks to children and grandchildren and in our garden we still have sweet potatoes and peppers for the big meal.
Top photo: Some of this blended family’s members who are expected for Thanksgiving dinner.
There is nothing like casting your line in and fishing away your worries….okay, I seriously can’t say that, because I am not much of a fisherman. Yes, I go fishing, but mo [ ... ]
Get a jump on your summer vacation with free activities all weekend in Vermont June 8 and 9. The Green Mountain State serves up a bevy of free family fun.
Free at parks
All we [ ... ]
One glimpse of Skagway and it’s easy to see why this quaint Alaskan town is a popular port for cruise ships sailing along Alaska’s Inside Passage. Skagway offers beautiful [ ... ]
