by Steffy McCourt | Apr 7, 2026 | Family Adventures, Midwest, Mommy Getaways, USA |
The Tulip Festival in Holland, Michigan, officially called the Tulip Time Festival, occurs annually in May. The festival brings to mind a special memory. One October in the late 1980s, my mom had a great idea. She was going to plant tulip bulbs all along the...
by Steffy McCourt | Feb 20, 2026 | Destinations, Family Adventures, North East, USA |
More than twenty years ago, I married a New Englander from Boston. Over the years, that has shaped how our family travels. Many of our family vacations have brought us back to New England, sometimes to visit family and sometimes because it is simply a great...
by Steffy McCourt | Dec 23, 2025 | Family Adventures |
When the winter season blankets the earth in layers of snow and blows her frozen breath across lakes and ponds, like magic, they transform into sheets of ice, and ice skating becomes the sport “du jour.” From the quaint outdoor ice rinks embraced in the glow...
by Steffy McCourt | Dec 5, 2025 | Destinations, Europe, Family Adventures |
In the middle of winter, when night cloaks the Arctic Circle in deep, persistent darkness, right there where one might least expect it, begins the greatest light show on Earth – the Aurora Borealis. Vibrantly swirling greens and purples cross the vast...
by Steffy McCourt | Dec 5, 2025 | Destinations, Family Adventures, Midwest, USA |
I recently met Santa in a quiet corner of the Santa Claus Christmas Store in Santa Claus, Indiana, expecting a quick tourist-trap hello… maybe a wink, maybe an early Merry Christmas. Instead, I found myself in a full, uninterrupted conversation with the man...
