For me, a visit to an amusement park like Dutch Wonderland is partly about the food. Really - does this surprise you? I should hope not. But not all amusement park food is created equal. In the land of grease and sugar things can and do go downhill …
Easy outings from Philadelphia
Dutch Wonderland giveaway: Win family fun in Lancaster
July 11, 2011 79 reader comments
Update: We have a winner! Congratulations to Bridget who will now get to celebrate her daughters' birthdays at Dutch Wonderland! Thanks everyone for participating. You may have noticed that I don't write a lot of posts about amusement parks. …
Mondays are for dreaming: Family fun at Valley Forge
July 4, 2011 4 reader comments
Living in The First State as we do my children are growing up surrounded by physical landmarks of the American Revolution. Nothing removes time and distance more than experiencing these places firsthand, as we did on our family visit to Valley Forge …
The first frog of spring
April 28, 2011 2 reader comments
It's been unusually warm here this week, more like summer than spring. On Monday I took the boys to Longwood Gardens where we caught the tulips on what was probably their very last good day. After we had finished admiring them, we took a …
MidAtlantic fun: A day with kids at Hagley Museum
March 24, 2011 2 reader comments
There are some museums that (whether or not they are intended to do so) engage children immediately and with no effort. And then there are museums that take a little bit more work. The Hagley Museum and Library falls into that latter category, …
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