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Monday, July 21st, 2008The Traveling Mamas love our family vacations, and we sure would never turn down a romantic weekend getaway without the kids either. But one rollicking girlfriend getaway that none of us were able to make it to this year is Louisiana’s Tales of the Cocktail. Oh well; it tops my list for next summer, that’s [...]
Napa Valley, The Perfect Romantic Getaway Spot in California
Thursday, July 17th, 2008Charges for checked luggage, airlines shutting down, travel warnings against vacations in other countries..what’s going on? We are not in an auspicious season for luxury travel abroad. In fact, I’d wager that this may be the Season of the Road Trip. After all, as we Americans tighten our belts and prepare for some rough financial [...]
Interview With A Traveling Mama: Author Allyn Evans
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008An interview with author Allyn Evans
How to Attend Your First Wine Tasting: Top 10 Wine Tasting Tips
Monday, July 14th, 2008Let’s face it, every couple can use a romantic weekend getaway once in a while. The day-to-day stresses of work and life have a way of adding up. Even in summer. That’s why MudslideDad and I jumped at the chance to spend a long weekend in Napa Valley. Napa Valley is one of the top [...]
Getaway To California’s Mendocino Coast
Saturday, July 12th, 2008Tips on visiting the beautiful Mendocino Coast.
Kauai’s Kilohana Plantation, Railway and Kalamaku Experience
Friday, July 11th, 2008The luau, railway, food and entertainment at Kauai’s Kilohana Plantation.
Road Trip Tips Roundup
Sunday, June 29th, 2008Here are links to some of our road trip tips to help make that family road trip a bit easier on everyone. Be sure to visit GetRoadReady.com, a Prestone-sponsored site that has tips for getting your car ready and offers free road trip games to print out. You can also visit GasBuddy.com to search for [...]
Winning Wednesday: William Joseph CD
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008Italy, Hawaii, Australia, Alaska, Ireland, Paris, and tropical getaways seem to be tops on everyone’s list of dream places to visit.
The last time someone mentioned to me that they dreamed of going to Australia, I encouraged her to go. It happened to be my cousin, who came back after a two week tour to sell her condo [...]
Weekend Road Trip: The Arizona Salsa Trail
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008A few weeks back my husband and I decided to load up the tots and take a little jaunt over to Safford, Arizona and explore an Arizona culinary attraction: The Salsa Trail. The “trail” runs along Southeast Arizona’s Old West Highway and consists of thirteen restaurants, a tortilla factory and a chile factory.
When we pulled [...]
Interview with a Traveling Mama: Sascha Stokes
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Last year, when visiting the Stonehenge area, I had the pleasure of meeting up with my UK travel writing friend, Sascha Stokes. I arrived the day before she was due with her first child.
I recently caught up with Sascha to see how her life and travels have changed, now that she is a traveling mama. [...]
