I thoroughly enjoy the Harry Potter series. Let’s just get that out there. I read it soon after my second child was born, the year that the seventh book was released. I plowed through each book with voracity riding the plot’s twists and turns like a roller coaster. By the time I reached the final…
Category: Family
Back on Broadway
There’s absolutely nothing like live theater. And there’s nothing like seeing live theater on Broadway. After being dark for a year and a half, many shows have finally returned to New York helping to boost the economy and spirits of the city. Last spring when we planned a few days in the Big Apple in…
More than bowls in Munising
Last fall when we took our trip (not a vacation) we traveled to Munising, Michigan. It was a happy coincidence because I was in the midst of writing a feature article for American Farmhouse Style Magazine. The interviewee lives in Michigan’s lower peninsula and mentioned one of her favorite collectables: Munising bowls. They were a…
Off we go?
I’ve been very, very eager to travel again. Serious, anxiety-driven, desperation to travel. I’m on several travel mailing lists, and if you think that deals and travel incentives stopped during the pandemic you’d be wrong. In fact, the deals seemed to increase. I’ve seen $49 tickets to California from the Midwest, $250 business class seats…
Travel in the time of Covid
Normally fall is an ideal travel time. Leaves are turning, weather is cooler. Usually kids are ready for a break from school, and the entire family is in need of a little time together. This year, traveling in the time of Covid, about half of that is still true. The weather is comfortable, leaves are…
A haunting we will go (promo below!)
For the past few months I’ve been consumed with one event: GhostWalk. It’s an annual event that I organized last year for the first time with a contingent of volunteers. Then in 2020 I found myself needing to manage the bulk of it myself. That included directing, script writing, props, costumes, sets, stage management and…
Destination: Wonderful Copenhagen
In the Danny Kaye movie “Hans Christian Andersen,” he sings about a “salty old queen of the sea.” I loved the song as a child. The tune describes “Wonderful Copenhagen,” a town that seemed magical to me. Any place that could inspire Andersen’s fairy tales must be magical, right? The city doesn’t disappoint: a castle…
Football free fun in Green Bay
Avoiding football in Green Bay is a near impossibility. Streets are named for players, signs remind visitors that it’s Packers country, even the museum has a Lego reproduction of Lambeau Field. A long weekend there (pre-Covid) was far from football, focusing on family fun instead of the field. Neville Museum The Neville Public Museum was…
Destination: Williamsburg, a magical history tour
For those who love travel, 2020 is painful. It seems that for the next year the only vacation options may be domestic ones. Fortunately choices abound even if it means revisiting old haunts. Williamsburg is at the top of our family vacation list and it’s worth considering for families, couples or individuals. I’d visited Williamsburg…
Destination: Six Feet Away
Several years ago I watched the movie “Five Feet Apart” with my daughter. At the time I wondered how challenging it would be if your health depended upon staying six feet away from someone. And now here we are with Covid-19. The world is slowly reopening, some places more rapidly than others. Reopening certainly begs…