by Sheila on March 10, 2010
Things will be a bit quiet around the ol’ blog for a few days while I’m getting ready for/participating in/recovering from the tech conference madness that is “Geek Spring Break” at Austin’s South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) - here’s my report from last year’s travel blogging panel.
It’s a fabulous gathering but not exactly a hotbed of family travel information (unless you want to count my son going to the associated ScreenBurn video gaming event.)
If I was a more organized blogger
by Sheila on March 8, 2010
You know how it is in restaurants with little kids; you need to get seated quickly, get the food quickly and one parent ends up doing the “toddler-chase” while the other one bolts down the contents of his or her plate.
A good noise level to drown out the occasional squawking is a bonus.
I have a recommendation for you in Houston: Lupe Tortilla.
It’s a local chain of 8 restaurants, and I first heard about it when I wrote an article about
by Sheila on March 1, 2010
Are your kids like mine - often with some sort of headphone or earbud plugged into their aural sockets? Take advantage of that tendency by looking for available iPod/audio guides and tours when you travel. Kids can keep looking plugged-in and “cool” but may actually learn something on your trip.
As a parent, of course, your job is to never seem too “Squeeee!” happy when they occasionally admit that something is informative or educational.
Where do you find these tours?
First, if you
by Sheila on February 23, 2010
I just finished a post over on my Sheila’s Guide to the Good Stuff blog, about why tourism organizations might want to hold off using one of those neat pocket video cameras that shoot in HD (high definition) unless they have access to some rather sophisticated editing software and a pretty powerful computer.
Here is a quick summary of my own painful recent painful videographer learning experience as outlined in “Look before you leap into HD video:”
If you’re thinking of shooting
by Sheila on February 10, 2010
Today is the 4th anniversary of the Family Travel blog here on the BootsnAll Travel Network. True story - this blog is here because of books.
I first heard about BootsnAll from Stephanie Elizondo Griest on a travel writer’s panel at the stupendously great annual Texas Book Festival in Austin.
The very first post on February 10, 2006 said hello to everyone, the second was some random screed about traveler’s checks, but hey, I started a blog and wrote something, then kept at it, and boy am