A GeekMom takes her 9- and 7-year-olds to the Children’s Museum where she used to work, and discovers that even the new ‘Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood’ exhibit can thrill them as much as when they were preschoolers.
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We’ve gone to many museums to visit dinosaurs — the Smithsonian in DC,the American Museum of Natural History in New York, the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven, the Museum of Science in Boston — but one of our favorites is just next door, in the Connecticut River Valley.
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Give your brain some exercise in the Mindbender Mansion at the Orlando Science Center.
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A kid-friendly, budget-unfriendly, sugar-laden vacation guide for any city, USA
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The San Diego Zoo was all it was reputed to be, especially the pandas, but I also found it unexpectedly relaxing.
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When is the last time you were at Knott’s Berry Farm? Melody gives us a list of fun things to do with your family at the park as Ghost Town turns 75 this year.
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Think you can avoid the presence of ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Better Call Saul’ in Albuquerque? Tread lightly.
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Patricia discusses how listening to the ‘Hamilton’ soundtrack during a cross-country road trip in June inspired conversations with her sons about American history.
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Our family plays a geeky, rule-heavy, geography-lesson-laden version of the License Plate game.
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I think selfie sticks get a bad rap. Even if you aren’t into photographing yourself every time you try on a new outfit, I feel they are a great tool for solving any number of photography or height-challenged problems.
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It’s the franchise’s 50th anniversary this year, and there’s no better way to celebrate ‘Star Trek’ than oohing and ahhing over this incredible collection of over 100 props and costumes.
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In which ‘Star Wars’ geeks subject their reluctant children to all the ‘Star Wars’ fun at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and everyone has a pretty decent day.
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A trip to El Paso Comic Con over the weekend brought me a little closer to my geeky goal of driving the Batmobile. I’m still waiting for that day.
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Pi Day is a big deal in Princeton, NJ. The town hosts an annual weekend-long extravaganza featuring pi recitation competitions, Albert Einstein look-alike contests, a slew of running, biking, and walking events, and even a pi-rade. Unfortunately, this year’s event was held March 12-13 and my daughter is a purist. So, we made our pilgrimage on that frigid, rainy Monday instead.
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Star Wars Land is coming to Disney Parks, but Star Wars has already arrived.
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‘The Wizarding World of Harry Potter’ doesn’t open at Universal Studios Hollywood until April 7, but we were able to get a family preview.
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Spring break is here, which means road trip season will be getting a test drive before summer kicks into gear. This is a great opportunity to try and unplug the kids from all of their devices and get the whole family involved in an audiobook.
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Why do we love to visit locations with historic significance? Because in our minds, we’re LARPing! But what if we didn’t have to rely on our imaginations to experience noteworthy events in history when we travel? What if we could effectively travel back through time to see what happened at the very spot where we stand?
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Patricia and her family are avid National Park Service fans who attempt to incorporate national park and national historic site visits into their travel whenever possible. With 2016 being the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary, don’t miss out on enjoying America’s beauty and history.
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One of the best things about a family vacation is the anticipation. When we decided to plan a trip to visit Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure in Orlando, I couldn’t wait to get the boys involved.
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