Having taken the last week off for our son’s Spring Break. it didn’t dawn on us that he would rather play golf everyday than to hang with us for the week so we decided to go visit the Central Coast for a few days. Frank and Kim, two of our close friends moved there…
Now that the motorhome is prime, and after last years SCALPED yosemite camping reservation adventure in which Mia managed to get us some last minute prime camping reservation in Upper River from Craigs list, its time to try to get some legit reservations. As it has been always, Yosemite camping reservations are made 6 months…
The LA TV stations called it the biggest rain storm in 70 years! Mark and I called it Nirvanna as we rode rides with no lines and had our way with the park till midnight dressed like fishermen. In all the years of going to Disneyland the week before Christmas to celebrate Gina and…
We use to wake up at 6 in the morning 5 months in advance of when we wanted to camp and hammer the site until we got our reservations. We even used a war dialer before the Internet! This years camping was made possible Mia scalping some tickets on Craigslist. I have to admit that…
What a great place to spend the 4th of July. Mia, Mark, Gina and Nick revisit Gina’s root in New Jersey. Dad reconects with the famous Nat Nadler. Watching fireworks in Leonia on the high school football field. Mia checked out NBC at 30 Rock for a possible internship next year. Get the flash player…
I planned two fishing trips to the St Mary’s this year and this was the week I was leaving on the first trip. Two weeks ago, my daughter pointed out that this would be the only week that we could go on a vacation together with the summer coming to an end with CAL semester…
I was so looking forward to Hurricane Felicia. It was interesting to watch the island preparing for the worst. I met a man from Home Depot that was in charge of securing the store for the storm so that in the event of a disaster, they could help rebuild the island. Brilliant. Anyways, the “Caine”…
What happened today in Vegas … We shopped in the Mall of Malls–” The Fashion Show” and we found my daughters Prom dress.
Its time for Collage tours in Southern California. What better way to see SOCAL than after a Disney Cruise around the Mexican Riviera. The goal- Tour UCLA, USC, Claremont McKenna. Loyola Marymount, and Azusa Pacific after a week boat ride in Mexico. For only the second season in the Disney Cruise History, “the Magic” is…
Its been nearly ten years since we revisited the old neighborhood in Downtown Chicago. A kidless week revisiting those places that were so familair to us was refreshing and rejuvinating. I forgot how many people actually show up for Taste of Chicago until they closed the streets around Grant Park to let the partiers exit…
Disney Cruise lines sailed the Med for the very first time this summer and being that our family is addicted to Disney Cruises we had to see Europe for the first time on a Disney Yacht. In what turned out to be one of our best vacations ever, we sailed for 14 days, and saw…