Click on the image to see a full-sized version. What a difference 8 years make! The photo on the left is from our 2003 stay in Boston; on the right see our 2011 recreation of that special moment. Next week I'll share our story of walking the Freedom …
We've been here
In nearly a decade of family travel, we've been to dozens of states and close to ten countries. From Austin to Arizona, Paris to Pennsylvania, these posts tells stories about the family vacation destinations we've visited and what we've done there. You can filter posts by keyword or browse chronologically.
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- Arizona
- Atlantis Resort Bahamas
- Austin
- Baltimore
- Bath
- Boston
- Bristol
- California
- Corolla
- England
- Florence
- Florida
- Fort Myers
- France
- Italy
- Kansas City
- Lancaster
- London
- Los Angeles
- Mad River Glen
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Mesa
- Michigan
- New York City
- North Carolina
- Oxford
- Paris
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia
- Phoenix
- Rome
- Saint Louis
- Sanibel Island
- Smugglers' Notch
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington DC
- Windsor
- Wisconsin
How do you bring history to life for kids?
February 2, 2012 7 reader comments
I have always liked history, and as fortune would have it, I married a man who shares that interest. Maybe it's because I enjoy stories, but to me there's something so amazing in the idea that at every point in recorded time ordinary people have been …
Breakfast and books in Beantown
February 1, 2012 one reader comment
We're a breakfast-loving family, so much so that we often eat that meal twice when we're on the road – once in our hotel room at whatever ridiculously early hour the boys decide to rise – and then again later in the morning once we've headed out …
Family fun at Fenway
January 24, 2012 3 reader comments
My father, who died at the end of 2010, was a lifelong Red Sox fan. Summer evenings he'd stand in his chef's whites at the stove in his restaurant, a bandana tied around his forehead to catch sweat, and an earpiece in one ear. He'd alternately …
Fountain fun in Boston
January 20, 2012 6 reader comments
On a chilly January morning, it's easy to forget how oppressively hot it was during our first night in Boston in the summer of 2011. It didn't help that the air conditioning was broken in Giacomo's, the North End restaurant where we had dinner (since …
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