Family Travel in the USA
First Night Austin: family-friendly music and theater
I’ve been semi-unplugged for a few days (long overdue, I might add) but want to recommend that you keep a lookout in December for any First Night celebrations - we’ve gone to several with our kids and they’re a nice way to spend New Year’s Eve.
This year’s First Night in Austin, Texas …
Date: January 4th, 2009 |
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Sweet treats at the Dr Pepper Museum
You have to really be into the Dr Pepper drink, and soda in general, to go through an entire museum devoted to the topic in downtown Waco, Texas.
For me, fortunately, that is not difficult.
I’ve been a fan of Dr Pepper since I was a kid (naturally, since both of my parents are from Texas where it started.) When the company changed the soda’s formula in the 1970s - from using …
Date: December 16th, 2008 |
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Getting nautical at Nauticus in Norfolk, Virginia
The Nauticus National Maritime Center in downtown Norfolk, Virginia is a family-friendly travel destination for anyone who is interested in seafaring.
An interactive history, science and technology center, it features hundred of exhibits, including deep ocean exploration, US Navy history and NOAA’s “Science on a Sphere” weather display.
There is also a shark petting lagoon and a 2000-gallon touch tank (with a new horseshoe crab family!) that …
Date: December 12th, 2008 |
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We have a NYC guidebook winner!
The winning comment for my copy of the Pauline Frommer New York City guidebook (chosen by a Random.org application) is….Heather from HeatherOnHerTravels!
She lives in Bristol, UK, but I certainly appreciate my international readers so of course I’ll ship prizes like this anywhere in the world.
Thanks to all for reading the post; the next one will be for Pauline Frommer’s guidebook to Hawaii.
I’m also going to review/give away Pauline’s Italy guidebook on the Perceptive Travel blog next week. Woo-hoo!
Date: December 5th, 2008 |
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Tried Priceline yet? We just did.
I know I sound like the last one to the party, but my husband and I just got a hotel room through Priceline and thought we’d share our experience….in case there are, what, 6 other people who’ve never tried bidding at a travel auction site.
I like to reach those niche readers 
My husband Chris needed a cheap room midweek in November in Reno, Nevada for a teacher’s conference. It was late-breaking news that his school was sending him to the event, so we were looking for a room …
Date: November 26th, 2008 |
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Christmas ornaments around the world: US Edition
As a companion to yesterday’s post on international Christmas ornaments, here are some items from our tree that hail from around the United States:
(Left photo) The most instantly-recognizable symbol of St. Louis, Missouri is the soaring Gateway Arch, designed by Finnish architect Eero Saarinen. The city calls itself the “Gateway to the West,” …
Date: December 29th, 2008 |
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The Hawaii guidebook winner is….
(….and my apologies for not announcing this on Friday, December 12, 2008 as promised in the original Hawaii guidebook review/contest announcement post….hey, at some point my family HAD to deal with things like laundry, getting the Christmas tree and all that….)
Er, anyway, the winner as selected by the Sequence Generator at Random.org is Kara/Mountain Mama from the Traveling Mamas.
Remember that fun audio interview I did with 3 of the 4 Mamas when we were all in Kansas City together?
I am glad that Random.org picks a comment number for me (it picked 3 and Kara …
Date: December 14th, 2008 |
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Win my copy of Pauline Frommer’s Hawaii guidebook
As I mentioned in my last guidebook giveaway (for Pauline Frommer’s New York City - the winner was Heather On Her Travels) I received 3 guidebooks to review and then launch to lucky readers.
Next up is Pauline Frommer’s Hawaii: Spend Less, See More.
As I’ve written before, I’ve always been a fan of the various Frommer’s travel guides, because they are budget-friendly, full of helpful details and info-packed sidebars, and they make a big effort to show people how to find local …
Date: December 9th, 2008 |
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Win my copy of Pauline Frommer’s New York City guidebook
Such a deal….I have copies of three of the newest books in the Pauline Frommer guidebook series “Spend Less See More” including New York City, Hawaii and Italy.
This week I’m going to post reviews of all of them, and give Family Travel Logue readers a chance to win each one. I’m an independent operator, but I use guidebooks extensively, especially when I travel with kids. My time is unfortunately limited, and I want a …
Date: December 1st, 2008 |
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We’re talking travel blogging at South by Southwest
Well, hurray for success the second time around….
Last year, I sent in a proposal for a travel blogging panel at SXSWi (the South by Southwest Interactive tech/online media conference) here in Austin, Texas, but it was not selected.
I only pouted for about a week, really.
Always bull-headed, I tried again this year and re-submitted my proposal, since I figured that it was a good idea that deserved another try.
The conference organizers apparently agreed; I just got an email telling me that Blog Highways: Travel Blogging for the Wanderer is …
Date: November 19th, 2008 |
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