Just Another Hurdle – Tracking New York’s 2016 Olympic Dream

A crowd at Rockefeller Center was partying through the night Tuesday, ready to kick the celebration into high gear Wednesday morning with the announcement of New York as the winner of the 2012 Olympic bid, beating out Madrid, Moscow, London and Paris. But just after 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, New York’s Olympic dreams for 2012 were [...]

Getting away to camp was just what my family needed

Sitting on the steps of our cabin, staring up at the stars, working on a bottle of French Merlot, I was finally starting to feel rested. After all, it had been a busy Saturday for the three of us — me, my wife, Christine, and our daughter, Emma. It had just been the evening before [...]

Camp for adults – A family weekend getaway

For many, the idea of sending their children away to a summer camp, as wonderful as it is for the kids, presents two main issues that complicate the process. The first is cost and the second is the desire to spend some quality family time together on vacation. So how can a working family solve [...]

A whale of a good time at Museum of Natural History

Giant whales, prehistoric dinosaurs, Aztec chocolate and a large-format film on endangered coral reefs are just some of the highlights a family can experience on a trip into Manhattan’s American Museum of Natural History. The museum recently opened the completely refurbished Hall of Ocean Life, including a makeover for the giant blue whale hanging from [...]

Take a day off in Manhattan, and look what you can do

This day is called the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day and comes safe home will stand a tip-toe when the day is named, and rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, and say “To-morrow [...]

Take a gamble on Connecticut weekend getaway

Picture a piece of quartz sticking out of the rough glacial rock that lays exposed throughout Connecticut. At the right time of day, the quartz reflects the sun, gleaming, almost iridescent. That appears to be the concept behind Mohegan Sun, the casino, resort and conference center in Uncasville, Conn., that shares its name with the [...]

Mohegan Sun may take your breath away, money, too

My wife Christine and I got off to a late start as we headed up to Mohegan Sun a few weeks ago. It was cold, as most of this winter has been, and we had just dropped off our daughter for the weekend. Together in the car driving up on 95, we thought we were [...]