The screaming. The righteous indignation. The bulging veins on the neck. Over the years I have watched as family and friends have fought tooth and nail for customer service to right a wrong. I get it. If you buy an…
Category: Musings on Family Travel Time
Get Clicky with Lego at National Building Museum
Another of my posts over at Oyster Locals Blog. Did you know I write about DC? — Lego? Blocks? Buildings? Are your kids as obsessed with constructing as mine are? My little guy eats and breaths Lego… From morning til…
The United States of Twizzlers
A road trip? Sounds good to me. Just getting in the car and driving and seeing where the fancy takes me. Uh…one problem…I have four other people in my family to account for in my road trip fantasies. And therein…
Family Time at Top Golf [Review]
Long-time readers of this blog…and by “long time” I mean anyone who has been reading for a year or so…know I post about this and that and the other. Part review. Part giveaway. Part travel. Part parenting post. While my…
Soaking in the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel
Fabulous. Amazing. Wonderful. All of these words are overused , but they aptly describe our family’s stay at the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel in Orlando. I will even add “Awesome” to the mix! Our hotel stay was an experience from…
Oyster Locals: The Search for Gourmet Food Trucks in D.C.
I’m at it again! I’m over at Oyster Locals Blog dishing on gourmet food trucks in D.C. and the role twitter plays. ___ You have to be living under a rock to NOT know what Twitter is. This townhall meeting/news…
New on Oyster Locals Blog…Dining in D.C. at Filomena
For my husband’s birthday dinner, my parents offered to take our family out to Filomena, a Georgetown institution. We readily agreed. It’s funny how you can live in a city for years and think you know every landmark, museum, restaurant,…
Putting the Spotlight on Georgetown Cupcakes
A few months ago I applied to be a blogger for a travel site. The travel site — Oyster Locals Blog — wanted a D.C.-area writer to write about places of interest in D.C. Oyster is a hotel review website.…
Ford’s Theatre: History in Action
“Seeing D.C. for the fresh eyes.” — this sums up my new task of blogging about D.C. sightseeing hot spots for Oyster.com. I am seeing all of them with fresh eyes. Looking at the venue with an eye for how…
Kids Through Teens: Maryland Science Center Has It All
I blog about finding activities that a kid, a preteen, and a teen will enjoy. It’s a tall order. Some days it is impossible. Other days it is easy as pie to find an activity fun for all. In the…
