Credit: Family Travel Forum I have been trying to figure out where our family will go on vacation this summer. (It’s already mid-May and the last day of NYC public school is June 26th?!) There is the trip that we … Read More
It was great to meet and learn from Kyle McCarthy of Family Travel Forum and Eileen Ogintz of Taking the Kids when I attended the first Family Travel Conference last year. As such, I was delighted to be included when … Read More
I have written several posts about our trip to Raleigh, NC. Now, I want to tell you a bit about the actual road trip down and back. We were fortunate enough to be loaned a Toyota Prius Four hybrid car … Read More
North Carolina is known for its delicious barbecue, so of course we had to visit the legendary restaurant The Pit. Known for its pit-cooked barbecue and southern sides, The Pit did not fail to live up to our family’s expectations. … Read More
I can barely believe that it has been a few weeks since our family visited North Carolina on our mini media trip. This summer is passing by so quickly! Anyway, I have already mentioned some of the free museums that … Read More
After our time at the Nature Research Center and The Daily Planet Café Raleigh, we went to the Wells Fargo IMAX Theatre to watch a showing of To The Arctic 3D. The movie theater was so cool (temperature-wise), clean and … Read More
If you have a budding scientist, then you will definitely want to visit the Nature Research Center (NRC), the FREE 80,000 square-foot wing of The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences that was opened in April of 2012. In addition … Read More
We walked over to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences after breakfast at Big Ed’s City Market. The entire family was truly impressed by the museum. (I wasn’t sure whether the boys would enjoy it or not, because they … Read More
We slept in this morning (which was SO great) before going to a late breakfast at Big Ed’s City Market Restaurant. The southern breakfast was wasted on the boys, because they just ordered BLT sandwiches, their latest food favorite. “The … Read More
Here is a peek at the Raleigh Marriott City Center where we are staying for our family trip that is being sponsored by The Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau this weekend: