When I heard the news, a wave of relief so great washed over me, I felt the unexpected strain of tears, bits of moisture managing to squeeze through. Until that moment, I hadn’t realized our family camping trip to Santa Cruz Redwoods RV Resort had had such an impact...
It’s the dividing line between youth and age. It was about 63 degrees at the beach where we camped at a nearby Pismo Beach RV park. A sharp wind made me wish I could retract my head into my body like a turtle. At the same time, my boys, 10 and 12, jumped through...
Two Great Walking Tours in NYC New York City is a walking city. Now, the idea of a “walking city” may seem strange to anyone from L.A. because we have a reputation of never walking anywhere. Ever. But one of the coolest things about New York is that there are so many...
The Trip LAST Christmas, my family of six (Mom, dad, brother, and aunts) pulled up to our ten-day Airbnb on the East side of Kauai, near Tunnels Beach in Hanalei Bay. Hanalei Bay’s terrain makes you feel as though you’ve plopped into a magical realm between two miles...
When Disney was preparing to open Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland and Walt Disney World last year, there was a lot of discussion among theme park journalists, bloggers, and even park guests that Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance was going to be the...
It was only because we used snowboarding as the hook. Otherwise, he never would have come with us. He doesn’t hang with us. I’m sure it’s a post-teen thing. Or a blended family thing. But it was the promise of a family trip to a ski resort in the...
