Do you worry what to do with your healthy living routine when you go on vacation? I just returned from a 2 week summer holiday with my family. After eating whatever I wanted and not exercising for 2 weeks I […]
You Should Be a Host Family for the Fresh Air Fund
Do you remember summer vacation? I’m not talking about the trip you took with the family last year. I’m talking about that break from school you could look forward to every year from Kindergarten though high school. Long days, the […]
Family Vacation on a Budget
The cold, dull, and busy winter in some parts of the country has left many parents and kids dreaming of a get-away. But with finances and budgets tight, many can’t even imagine saving enough for a family vacation. Experts say […]
[A DAD’S POINT-OF-VIEW] Summer Vacations Are for Parents, Too
Remembering Chevy Chase in those summer vacation movies reminds me of the fact that most so-called “family vacations” are, at best, vacations for the kids and torture for the parents. I’m generalizing, of course, but most generalizations and clichés have […]
Osburn On Tap: Caped Cod
We all know the importance of this time of year. For those with children, it is the time just before school starts in September when there is still room for one last summer hurrah: the road trip. Families and friends […]
Into the Dawn: Road Trip
I just got back from two nights and three days in Reno with my two daughters. My wife stayed back and ‘let us have all the fun’. I’ve spent many a wonderful day and evening alone with my girls, ages […]
Spain: Kid Friendly Beaches
Here’s a list of reasons I plan on taking my seventeen-month-old daughter on vacation to the Spanish Mediterranean this summer. Not commercialized – Beach towns, by definition, are commercialized. But in comparison, I found the beaches near Castellón de la […]