I’m on this e-mail list for HARO –Help a Reporter Out. A guy called Peter Shankman used to receive many requests from reporters and writers for sources for stories they were planning to writer. Shankman started compiling these requests in…
Category: memories
Sesame Place, Crayola Crayon Factory, Dutch Wonderland
My son reaching for Snuffy in the Sesame Street parade at Sesame Place. He loved, loved, loved everything. We live between Baltimore and D.C. Driving to PA for the day is a very doable day trip. It makes for a…
Memories of Halloween Costumes Past
Last Saturday we drove to Party City to pick out some Halloween costumes. As I drove, one of my kids asked what she “was” last year. This led to a free-for-all conversation about what each of the kids wore going…
My Daughter Is The Creative Type
My 12-year-old is one of those creative types who can do anything with construction paper, scissors, and tape. What is her creation above? A drink cup/hat/storage container. of course. As a small child she would make cartoon books out of…
Why Do I Keep Returning to Chuck E. Cheese?
My 10-year-old (10 today–where did the time go) loves or should I say lurves Chuck E. Cheese. It’s not the mouse, the pizza, or the playland that she likes. No surprises…she loves the games and more specifically the tokens which…
Staycation 2008
We decided several months ago that a huge trip this summer was not a good idea from a financial standpoint. I was highly disappointed, but since I was a part-time graduate student this past school year we were not in…
