We kicked off our February break with a trip to Ohio! Whoop, whoop! Why Ohio? Well, we were meeting college friends from hither and yon (okay: Madison, Wisconsin and Washington, DC), so we chose Great Wolf Lodge in Ohio because it was a family-friendly spot that we could all drive to within 7 or 8 … [Read more…]
UPDATE: Turns out Sky Zone is coming to Albany in 2014! While we visited Kansas City over the summer, one of our outings was to Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park. Basically, it’s a huge space full of trampolines. The main area feels about as big as a small school gym, and it’s surrounded on three … [Read more…]
We didn’t do tons of planning for our vacation, but we knew our first priority, food-wise. Rick Bayless. I’ve mentioned before that we are big fans of his cookbooks, even though we haven’t caught many of his shows. And he’s from Chicago, with a bunch of restaurants there. Of course, by the time I called … [Read more…]
Whenever we drive to and from Georgia to visit the parents, we stop for barbecue. On our way south this year, our efforts were thwarted. We stopped at one place that had gotten high ratings but was pretty much mediocre and, inconceivably, was out of ribs. Then we stopped at Smithfield’s based on Yelp ratings … [Read more…]
I had a wonderful weekend in Savannah, where I met three of my sisters as well as my parents, who live there. There was plenty of delectable homemade food. . . and more yummy homemade food. . . and out to restaurants for Southern-style shrimp. . . and more Southern-style shrimp (these, actually, are both … [Read more…]
So, last weekend my family and I went to visit Syracuse. Cute W travels all over the state for work, but it was my first-ever trip to Syracuse. We were invited to check out the brand-new WonderWorks indoor amusement park, but we also checked out some other attractions for a little mini-vacation. Our hands-down favorite … [Read more…]
I think that it’s safe to say that I’m a connoisseur of zoos. I’ve visited a bunch of them, like the Buffalo Zoo, the Kansas City Zoo, the Bronx Zoo, and I’ve even written about visits to some, like Adirondack Animal Land (a guest poster wrote it up, too) and the National Zoo in Washington, … [Read more…]
We visited Roseland Water Park, located in Canandaigua, on our way home from Rochester. The park offers plenty of active fun in an environment that’s calm enough to be low stress for the parents. We had hours of fun, and it was really only a couple of hours into it that I realized that the … [Read more…]
While I was in Rochester, I visited the Memorial Art Gallery. Let’s get this out of the way: I’m a sucker for an art museum. I love them, and I’ve found that, for a couple of hours at a time, my kids really love art museums, too. The MAG’s collection is extensive, with Ancient Egyptian, … [Read more…]
While visiting Rochester, I took a walk around the sprawling Genesee Country Village and Museum. I visited on my own, partly because I am a bit of a history junkie, and I knew that I’d want to spend way more time there than my daughters and husband would. There’s a ton to see here. Basically, … [Read more…]
