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A Weekend at Morey’s Piers with the Kids: A Retro Adventure

June 18, 2013 by 1 Comment
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I grew up spending summers in Atlantic City, so when I was invited to spend time at Morey's Piers in Wildwood, NJ, I thought I knew what to expect: a weekend full of rides, riding the waves of the Atlantic Ocean, eating cotton candy and funnel cake on the boardwalk, playing rounds of ski ball, and more.  I expected the boardwalk to be slightly run down and possibly damaged by Hurricane Sandy, with a large element of tackiness.  I wasn't exactly expecting the Four Seasons. But nor did I want it.  I was really looking forward to our visit and I was … [Read more...]

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Temptation on the Norwegian Breakaway

June 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Last Sunday we were invited by Conde' Naste Traveler to spend a day on the new Norwegian Breakaway. I was immediately intrigued as my kids have never been on a cruise and I was eager to teach them more about the whole cruising phenomenon   They have long lusted over the idea of going on one, so why not spend a day showing them what it's about? Nothing wrong with that. Getting to the pier was easy.  The ship was docked at pier 88, right around West 57th Street and 12th Avenue and there was easy parking access right there.  At fist sight, we were all … [Read more...]

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A Big Night for Female Directors

June 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Pam MacKinnon

  I love theater.  There is so much about it that resonates with me.  The ability that people have to weave together the words, acting, staging, choreography and costumes to tell a story for me is unique and magical. Every year when the Tony Awards come on TV, I inform my family that I'm hibernating for a few hours to watch the industry I support by seeing practically every show that hits the NYC stage.  I love Neil Patrick Harris' energy, the musical numbers, the glitter, the glitz, the familiar faces from Broadway. It's always … [Read more...]

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Getting Creative with Instagram

June 7, 2013 by 1 Comment
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On my recent trip to Vietnam, I became fascinated with Instagram.  I fell in love with the country and wanted to share my experience and photos with the world. As the likes and comments began to spill in, I realized I had a new way to communicate with people back home, as well as travelers who could make recommendations and share travel tips about the places I was visiting. It added a whole new dimension to my travel experience but I knew it was just the tip of the iceberg. I've been wanting to learn more about it ever since. So when my friend, Katja … [Read more...]

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My Return to TBEX

June 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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I just got back from Toronto where I attendedTBEX 2013, Travel Bloggers Exchange. Founded by Kim Mance of Go Galavanting, it's the largest travel blogging conference of its kind.  Mance was the commander at the TBEX conference I last attended in 2010, and I could tell it was all very over-whelming for her to organize  back then. I was so impressed that she had brought all these cool people together from around the world to discuss travel writing. There were sponsors  - not many, but she had them. Anyway, she sold TBEX to Blog World in 2012 (she … [Read more...]

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Revisiting the Blue Man Group 25 Years Later

May 31, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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1988.  That was the year I set foot into the Astor Place Theatre to first catch The Blue Man Group. At the time, the show was ground-breaking.  I had never seen a show so excellently combine music, technology and comedy to create a form of entertainment that defies categorization and appeals to people of all ages. My memories of the show are quite vivid and that is something to say about my aging memory.  So when my daughter recently asked me to take her to see the show, I found the idea incredibly exciting.  For both of us. It's also a sign that … [Read more...]

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Kitchensurfing: Bringing the Family Back to the Basics

May 28, 2013 by 6 Comments
kitchen surfing

My kids love to cook.  I do, too, but my repertoire has been rather limited lately and as their culinary demands increase, I've wondered how to satiate them.  A few weeks ago, they told me they were going to start cooking dinner for us every Saturday night, and I wondered how it would go past pizza, macaroni and cheese and eggs.  After all, my daughter does make a mean plate of cheesy eggs. On Saturday night we decided to try something different, something that has woken us all up to the fact that more spectacular meals can be made with a little … [Read more...]

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Talk the Talk, Walk the Walk and Save a Life

May 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
moonwalk cancer

  Last year I came face to face with a form of cancer that struck a close family member.  It was not breast cancer, it was lung cancer.  For the first time in my life, I was hit with the awful reality that I could potentially lose this person, the single most important person in my life.  I was faced with the fact that it would spread like fire, even after it was removed, which it was. Now this family member and I live in fear that it could come back, and it's not a pleasant way to live.  We will live like this for the next five years … [Read more...]

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NewYork.com: A Great Resource for Navigating NYC

May 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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New York City is a vast metropolis with lots of nooks and crannies, and a plethora of things to see and do. No matter if you have lived in or around the city for years or have visited hundreds of times, there is still some aspect of New York left to discover. For those who have never been to the city, the sheer vastness of it can seem overwhelming. Figuring out where to start and what are the things that you cannot miss as opposed to the things that you shouldn't is fairly complex. Attempting to be a resource for both the returning visitor and the … [Read more...]

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A Day at LEGOLAND Westchester (with Planning TIps)

May 11, 2013 by 4 Comments
LEGOLAND

  A few years ago, we spent a day at LEGOLAND when we were in San Diego, and my then very young kids loved spending time in the mega-brand's theme park.  That was 3 years ago, and they're older but who outgrows Legos? So when I heard that there was a new LEGOLAND Discovery Center Westchester, I was intrigued and excited to take them on a recent half-day of school. My son has never been a huge LEGO freak, but I knew once he got there, he'd be into it. My daughter is open-minded and she's not bothered by gender-specific activities but LEGOLAND has taken … [Read more...]

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