Iceland has many great things to see, but for anyone with limited time who wants to see some unique sights quickly, The Golden Circle is a perfect route. Why Iceland? I’m always in search of a good travel deal. A cheap flight is initially why I jumped on an opportunity to visit Iceland several years…
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Destination: Will the real Copacabana please stand up?
Ahh, the beautiful sand, the sun, the mountains in the distance towering over Rio de Jañeiro… Wrong Copacabana. My Copacabana destination is on the border of Peru and Bolivia. Like its Brazilian counterpart it’s also located on a shoreline – Lake Titicaca – and surrounded by mountains – the Andes. And let’s be clear, this…
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: Asheville
It’s a tiny town tucked away in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Asheville is a quaint community with loads of delicious restaurants and independently owned shops. The historic pinball museum is an educational and entertaining experience, and a unique opportunity since only three dozen or so similar locations exist in the U.S. Nearby is the…
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…
Destination: Quebec
Quebec City is lovely with its cobblestone streets, beautiful architecture and fantastic food. At least, that’s what I’ve heard. I’ve never actually been there. Next month I was planning to fly into Montreal then drive with my daughters to the famous walled city. There we would take a walking tour of the city, visit the…
Destination: Creativity!
Odds are good that if you have kids, you already have the makings of a makerspace. There are as many different types of makerspaces as there are ways to fill them. The goal of a makerspace is to promote hands-on creativity. Some boast high tech equipment such as 3D printers, high quality recording equipment and…