Inside you will find first-hand information from someone who has already been there and tried a few things out in many USA destinations.
The trees are trimmed, the lights are up, the mantels are dusted and corsets are being tightened. Cinnamon sticks are swirling around the cider while marshmallows take a float in a bath of hot cocoa. It’s time to get ready …
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Traditions come in all shapes and sizes. Some families make cookies; others trim the tree. For almost a decade, my family has visited Longwood Gardens at Christmastime. When we lived in Seattle, this tradition happened every other year when we …
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Street art is all the rage right now. Even around the globe you will find wings by Kelsey Montague and local artists expressing themselves with paint, neon light and sculpture. The NEON District in Norfolk, VA embraces all of this …
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Time to get out. It was beyond time to get out of my house. The kids had been in school for a little over two months. After school activities were in full swing and the holidays were coming up fast. …
Rolling into Tampa, you might think you’ll only hit up Busch Gardens or the Florida Aquarium before heading to the St. Pete and Clearwater beaches. At least that’s what I thought when I headed south with my friend to explore. …
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We’d entered a fairy realm, or so my son thought. Cascades of water fell from the rock as we hiked, pooling in the crater below. It was the dry season in Yosemite National Park, and yet, the Emerald Pools were …
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As any mother of an introvert child knows, there are many types of introverts and extroverts out there. I happen to have a high-energy introvert son, as well as a mellow extrovert son. I’m a high-energy extrovert, although sometimes a …
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Flying over Bismarck North Dakota I was bewildered by the rivers and trees below. Wasn’t this one of the plains states, filled with only corn and cows? While many do simply fly over the capital of North Dakota, there are …
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Elk, bison, prairie dogs and fish. One of these things I never thought I’d be actively looking for in the wild. Can you guess which one it is? If you said fish, you would be correct. But, Devils Lake, ND …
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Driving back and forth to Philadelphia, I’d never given much thought to Wilmington, Delaware. It was that city after the Starbucks at Delaware House on I-95 that we cruised through on the way to my parents. My in-laws lived just …
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