Throughout this week I’ve noticed a strange trend among the parental folk, and I’m not the only one to take notice of it. There have been unusual purchases and unusual packing of odd ended thises and thats. If I didn’t know better, which I’m proud to say I do, I’d think we were hovering on the eve of yet another vacation. Continue Reading

There are a few ways to do it, the whole saving money on hotels thing, so here are a few different ideas for you to consider. Different hotels offer different rates, and some charge extra for kids, so beware of that, but there’s a lot more you can do to stretch your traveling buck even further. We offer some ideas to get regular discounts, new technology discounts and some more creative discounts as well. Continue Reading

It’s not that I haven’t heard my fair share of cheesy folk songs, nor that I haven’t more than traveled my share (and then some) of the world in my rarely-ending quest to seek out what’s great, brilliant, worthy and wise but, in this case, it’s that I went to San Francisco. And because I went there, well, I just had to wear flowers in my hair. Continue Reading

Our trip to San Francisco promised to take a relative million years, and it did, but it somehow got worse than that along the way. It was long enough that we slept and woke more times than I know, and when we arrived, we still hadn’t arrived. I’ll tell you, sleeping in the car is okay when you’re driving, but once you’re there, well, it’s for the birds; seagulls in this case, but maybe lemurs too. Continue Reading