Category: Family event
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Family Travel: Mom & Daughter Trip to Toronto
My daughter Sarah is going away to college this fall, and I wanted to take one last ” just the girls” trip with her before she fully started her own individual life adventures away from home. But where to go? Because of time constraints, we wanted to travel some place that was relatively close…
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Travel Tips: Taking Little Kids To NYC
Planning on traveling to NYC with your child? Pamela Paul has written an interesting article entitled,” When Little Ones take a Bite of the Apple.” Ms. Paul offers some a lot of good advice including how to explore this city in kid manageable portions. She also offers a cheat sheet that includes: 1. Where to…
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Traveling with my teenager to Las Vegas
Now that my daughter Sarah is heading off to college in the fall, it’s even more important to me to find time to share some lasting travel experiences with her. During this past spring break, we were trying to figure out someplace relatively easy to get to that Sarah had never been before.…
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The Culinary Institute of America:Great Parent-Teen Cooking Course
Now that my teenage son and daughter are getting older, I have to put a little more thought into planning a “Mom and Me” event. With parties and friends even more important, I’ve got a lot more competition and, frankly, they’ve both outgrown some of the things I would have done in the past. So…
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Family villa rental properties in Italy
I recently received information from Doorways Ltd. This Pennsylvania based firm says that it that specializes in Italian villa rentals and it has announced that it has a new portfolio of villas, specifically chosen for family travel. “Traveling abroad with small children can be a challenging task,” says Kit Burns, President, Doorways, Ltd. “Villas offer…
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Muppets are NYC’s official family ambassadors for 2012
The Muppets have been named by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and NYC & Company, New York City’s tourism and marketing organization, as this year’s official NYC Family Ambassadors. Click here to view this program’s site which highlights family-friendly things to do and see for visiting families as well as locals. On http://www.nyc.gov,…
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Mom Gives Birth on Train To NYC
The Associated Press reports that a 31-year-old New Jersey woman gave birth on a PATH train to New York City yesterday. The AP reports that “PATH officials turned the train into an express, bypassing most stops so that it would get to its final stop, 33rd Street in midtown Manhattan, as soon as possible. Emergency…
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Wintry Adventure to Ripley’s Boo-lieve It or Not Extreme Times Square Slumber Fest
Last Saturday, my husband, Robert, my son Alex, and I, along with two of Alex’s buddies braved that night’s freakishly early snow storm to travel to New York City. Months before I had won a charity auction prize for five people to attend Ripley’s Boo-lieve It or Not Extreme Times Square Slumber Fest. …
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Culinary Institute of America’s Parent-Teen Cooking Course-Priceless Experience
A couple of weeks ago, my son, Alex, and I were invited to come to one of the Culinary Institute of America’s Parent-Teen days where we participated in a terrific one day cooking course for parents and children 12 years and older. I was happy to participate because I wanted to share my love for…
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Disney Handles the Problem of Long Lines
I’ve loved going to Disney World over the years, but I have to say that I automatically cringe whenever I think about waiting and waiting (and waiting) to get into some of their more popular attractions. The New York Times reports that Disney has been working hard to tackle long lines, one of its biggest…
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Travel Gal Kim Swidler 