As we traveled by foot through Cooperstown to the Baseball Hall of Fame we enjoyed all the little shops along the way. You can find all types of baseball memorabilia; you can even have a custom baseball bat made to order. We stopped at the Doubleday Café for lunch and would definitely recommend it for [...]
After we left Philadelphia, we traveled back to New Jersey where we were staying with family. The next day we found a good deal on a rental car, the only way to get there is by car, and started our travel to Cooperstown, N.Y. to our next destination, the Baseball Hall of Fame. It seems [...]
As we walked from Independence Hall to see the Liberty Bell we stopped to take the tour of Congress Hall where the early Continental Congress met and it was worth the time. It is beautifully restored and we sat in the seats that the first congressmen used to decide the fate of our new country. [...]
How do you deal with children misbehaving in flight, especially when the parents do nothing about it? What’s the protocol? What works? What doesn’t work? Here’s a list of a few do’s and don’ts: DON’T give the parents ‘the look’ DO offer a sympathetic smile and offer to help DO talk to the parents nicely [...]
As we travel west into Philadelphia and the Independence National Historical Park we cross the Ben Franklin Bridge with the skyline in front of us. We have set the GPS for the Visitor Center and discover that as we travel west on 6th street it will send us right past the entrance to the underground [...]
For our most recent trip we traveled back east to the New York-New Jersey area to visit Emilys’ family and do a little site seeing. Our airline tickets took us to JFK airport and we went from there to New Jersey to stay with family. We decided to travel into Philadelphia to see the Independence [...]
When you travel these days there are several ways to purchase airline tickets and several types to choose from. The most common these days is the e-ticket, with so many people using the internet to make their purchase it is the easy way to go. If for some reason you need to purchase a paper [...]
Puddle Jumper… I’ve heard prop planes referred to by this colorful nickname. Well if you are used to 747’s you will appreciate the term if you take a local airline (we took Mokelele) between islands. Be prepared to go to a sub-terminal of the small airport on the Kona side and wait in a breezeway [...]
TRIP ADVISOR & YELP HELP How reliable are these user generated review sites? With the increasing popularity and ease of use of these sites, there is the potential/opportunity for some companies to drum up sagging business revenues by fraudulently bolstering their reputation and disparaging competitors or both (nasty!). So how do you snuff out the [...]
NEW YORK TRAVEL UPDATES The 9/11 Memorial & Museum at Ground Zero will be dedicated on 9/11/11. Tickets are free. It will open to the public on 9/12/11. Tickets must be purchased in advance and for timed entry only. Some restrictions so visit http://www.911memorial.org/faq/general for more details. The Statue of Liberty will be closed for [...]
