Find family travel ideas for fun things to do with kids that create rich and rewarding family vacations.
For as long as we’ve lived in the Capital Region, I’ve been collecting a list of things to do with kids in Albany (or within daytrip distance) that make any summer day a special occasion. These are the family adventures that form memories that you treasure long after the kids are grown, but as with all…
Solo travel may be good for the soul, but I questioned my sanity when I arrived in Vancouver, B.C. to find my street blocked off by an army of Canadian Mounties.* Granville Street in Vancouver, B.C. had been blocked off for Game Four of the Stanley Cup playoffs, even though the game itself was taking…
My son recently turned 16, a startling occasion in and of itself. He likes to explore new and unique things, especially in food, and has recently been favoring Mediterranean tastes. So it came to no surprise to me when I asked him what type of restaurant he would like to have his birthday dinner…
One of the easiest ways to please the whole family when visiting New York City is to stop at a street fair. Cheap eats, bargains, street entertainment - city street fairs have it all. On a recent weekend visit to the Big Apple, I explored the Children of the World Festival along 6th Avenue between…
Yesterday I had the pleasure of accompanying local media celebrity, Kelly of Albany Mommy, to Clown College. Yes, there really is a Clown College; in fact, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College has been located in four venues over the years: in Venice, FL; at Circus World Museum in Baraboo, WI; at the…
Recently my son and I serendipitously stumbled onto the lair of the MITERS, MIT’s Electronic Research Society, a club for college students who like to build with computers and hand saws. We were exploring Cambridge, MA while my firstborn attended Splash, a weekend program for middle and high school students that takes place annually on…
When my sisters told me that they were coming to visit so that their children could see snow, I was so excited. Although we see each other from time to time on our travels, this was their first visit to the Capital Region in five years. And it was the first visit for the youngest…
There are so many fun things to do with kids in New York City, and never enough time to do it all. Even though I lived in Manhattan for over a decade, I’m still finding new and exciting things to do (and I’m sure that will be true as long as I live.) But it’s…
Disembarking the American Airlines jet in Miami we came to a halt behind a woman who stood stock still, staring at a pair of silver doors. Expecting to exit into the terminal, she looked confused, unsure what to do confronted by this barrier. Her son searched the wall around the doors, looking for a sign…
It was my husband’s dream to get the entire family scuba diving certified. Me? I’d have been happy to explore the Caribbean reefs via snorkel, no tanks, no expense, no forty feet below the ocean surface He begged and pleaded, and then he persuaded the kids to work on me, until I had to give…