Christine Tibbetts, Cultural Heritage TMOM, Author at Traveling Mom

Tips Toward Gentle Sports in Door County, Wisconsin

Posted by Christine Tibbetts, Cultural Heritage TMOM | Sep 30, 2017 | 0 |

Outdoorsy vacation places can discourage not-so-athletic travelers like our Cultural Heritage TravelingMom. In Door County, Wisconsin, however, she found just the right activities to engage with dense northern woods and abundant lake waters. Extreme-sports families can get their adrenaline rush, too, on paths that intersect with those of modest athletes when desired. Early autumn was a good time for me to explore Wisconsin’s long narrow peninsula named Door County. Joy finding the first whisper of fall temperatures with blue skies and bright sunshine. I wanted to match my modest hiking, biking, and boating skills in a place with a...

3 Tips To Pinpoint St. Augustine Lodging Via Casa de Suenos

Posted by Christine Tibbetts, Cultural Heritage TMOM | Sep 1, 2017 | 0 |

Sometimes staying in a kid-free, no-pets historic inn feels like escaping from the family. Cultural Heritage TravelingMom discovered just the opposite in St. Augustine, Florida, at Casa de Suenos. Luxury, yes, in the adults-only historic district property she stayed in, but also abundant, solid tips about the Inn’s sister properties, which are kid-friendly. Easy research for future trips over a lingering, luxurious breakfast. A girlfriend getaway to St. Augustine, Florida, begged for adult-only accommodations with luxury amenities. Found that but kept my eye on tips for multi-generational traveling families like mine that need to scout tips for later trips....

9 Reasons To Follow The Pink Marble Trail in Knoxville, Tennessee

Posted by Christine Tibbetts, Cultural Heritage TMOM | Aug 8, 2017 | 2 |

Pink marble is more than pretty, especially when you pay attention to it in Knoxville. This East Tennessee city offers plenty of reasons for a visit and Cultural Heritage TravelingMom recommends following the Pink Marble Trail for extra pleasures. The Pink Marble Trail, Knoxville, Tennessee I’m in a bit of a rush to return to New York City and the public library now that I followed Knoxville, Tennessee’s Pink Marble Trail. This is a real-deal 34-mile loop with a brochure and website. Why New York? I’m pretty sure those majestic library lions will wink at me. They’ll know I experienced...

Practice French Dining Skills With Preschoolers at Disney

Posted by Christine Tibbetts, Cultural Heritage TMOM | May 9, 2017 | 0 |

If taking your little kids to other countries feels daunting, try the route Cultural Heritage TravelingMom traveled – French dining at Epcot World Showcase to practice Parisian table manners. Wish I had invited my mother to dinner at the Epcot World Showcase before I took her to Paris. French dining at Disney would have provided much-needed cultural understanding. Instead, decades later I took her great-granddaughter to Les Chefs de France at Walt Disney World for an evening of French dining immersion. Mother was 80 when we went to Paris for her birthday. My granddaughter was five for our 2017...

Hotel Review: Expect SOHO-style Chic Hotel Vandivort, Springfield, Missouri

Posted by Christine Tibbetts, Cultural Heritage TMOM | Apr 11, 2017 | 1 |

When you need lodging in a place you’ve not spent much, if any, time thinking about, can expectations be high for a stunning boutique hotel experience? Cultural Heritage TravelingMom discovered a resounding “yes” in Springfield, Missouri. Vandivort – A Springfield Missouri Hotel Inconvenient flight schedules gave me the gift of discovering a glorious hotel in Springfield, Missouri, a city of 165,000 people. With 50 guest rooms and alluring design, the Hotel Vandivort raises the bar for travel expectations. Masons built themselves a temple in 1906 where they followed their rites and rituals for 75 years. Performers turned it into...

Cook Some History With Iron Skillet Cooking

Posted by Christine Tibbetts, Cultural Heritage TMOM | Feb 20, 2017 | 2 |

Cooking classes shape the intention for lots of culinary travel trips worldwide, but could you also care about time-travel cooking? The head-back-in-time kind of foodways. Cultural Heritage TravelingMom checked out iron skillet cooking in a circa 1845 farmhouse at Georgia’s living history museum. Iron Skillet Cooking Class Strength training composes part of iron skillet cooking in my house. Grandmother’s pans are heavy. Maybe new skillets are miraculously lighter, but my kitchen-loving, lard-loving husband and I have only the old heavy black ones with history. We cook by instinct, and sometimes with recipes, but mostly conjuring what the dearly departed...

Save Critical Habitats: Watch Sandhill Crane Migration

Posted by Christine Tibbetts, Cultural Heritage TMOM | Feb 20, 2017 | 1 |

Grand migrations of astonishing numbers of animals trigger excitement through books and movies, but what about in person? Cultural Heritage TravelingMom took a look at the Sandhill crane migration that Jane Goodall calls one of the world’s 10 best. Check it out in Nebraska’s Platte River Valley. Where to Go for the World’s Best Sandhill Crane Migration? Seeking Sandhill cranes in big numbers pointed me to Nebraska. World-class migration was my goal, but travel to Africa for the wildebeests is daunting. I found the elegant birds, and enough rare and critical habitats to fill a year with ecotourism travel....

Northwoods of Wisconsin: Cranberries, Supper Clubs & Art Classes

Posted by Christine Tibbetts, Cultural Heritage TMOM | Jan 22, 2017 | 0 |

Leaf peeping and hiking in the Northwoods of Wisconsin is an obvious autumn travel goal, and so are snow sports in the winter. But what about some unexpected, maybe quirky options? That’s what Cultural Heritage TravelingMom headed north to experience, discovering towns with charming names–Manitowish Waters, Land O’Lakes and St. Germain, and cranberries, supper clubs and art classes. Discovering the Supper Club in Northwoods of Wisconsin Seems a bit extreme going to the Northwoods of Wisconsin for supper, but when the reason are as full of cultural history as culinary curiosity, why not? SUPPER CLUB is the specific force driving...

Tips To Energize Your Mexico City Vacation

Posted by Christine Tibbetts, Cultural Heritage TMOM | Jan 3, 2017 | 0 |

City vacations generally include iconic stops like the Eiffel Tower or Charles Bridge, Westminster Palace or St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Cultural Heritage TravelingMom set out to find what the icons might undergird Mexico City energies. Cultural Heritage in Mexico City Manhattan’s my idea of a metropolitan holiday. London, Paris, Prague, Chicago too. Never did I picture me in Mexico City. Mexico’s for beaches with side trips to Mayan archeology for diversity. Until I went to Mexico City. Now I think differently. This change of heart happened with an invitation to dinner. Do your travels ever launch in unlikely ways? Essence of Mexico...

Christmas Tips To Love Roanoke in Virginia’s Blue Ridge

Posted by Christine Tibbetts, Cultural Heritage TMOM | Dec 17, 2016 | 0 |

Heading to the Blue Ridge Mountains for summer family fun is a no-brainer. Hike, camp, picnic, kayak, swim. Outdoors stuff. Choosing the Blue Ridge area around Roanoke, Virginia, in winter calls for some tips. Cultural Heritage TravelingMom took a look at the metro and mountain ways to jump start her 2016 Christmas season. Each idea will fit for 2017 travels too. Christmas Tips To Love Roanoke in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Knowing a little about some outdoorsy places in Virginia’s Blue Ridge cities named Roanoke and Salem, I wondered about indoors options for brisk winter days. Could...