Reflecting on the best meal our family ate during travel around the Berkshire Mountains of Williamstown, Massachusetts this summer, I’m smiling just remembering The Store at Five Corners. This historic restaurant, cafe, and market spells mealtime success both for snooty foodies like me, and families with young, messy, and rambunctious children like ours. Let’s see why…… [Read More]
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MASS MoCA: A Perfect Art Museum in Massachusetts for Kids and Adults!
Rule #1 of travel with two kids under 4: Get the munchkins out of the rental house, or they will destroy the rental house. Thus it was that during our recent trip to Williamstown — that bucolic green-hilled town in Western Massachusetts — we quested for an activity. “What about that modern art museum in… [Read More]
The Best Place to Travel this Year for Me Was… Curaçao!
“What’s the best place you traveled to recently?” people often ask. Well, this year, one spot leapt into my heart and smooched it so sweetly that it’s the clear winner: Curaçao. The reason this tiny island in the Caribbean thrilled me boils down to… RAINBOWS. Curaçao is an aria of colors in every sense of… [Read More]
DNA Test Fun: Ancestry Travel Inspiration!
“Do DNA kits even work?” I muttered, pulling the colorful box from its packaging. I’ve heard of so many people learning their ancestry from spit testing recently, that when 23andMe offered a trial, I couldn’t resist. After all, as a traveler, isn’t ancestry a good motivation to direct one’s world explorations? But I remained wary.… [Read More]
Lowe Mill: Studios for 250 Artists in Huntsville, Alabama!
When you think of Alabama, do you think first of art? Do! Why? Turns out that Lowe Mill, the largest privately-owned arts facility in the United States, is in Huntsville, AL! The Lowe Mill Arts and Entertainment Complex is a must-see attraction in northern Alabama. At Lowe Mill, 144 working art studios sprawl across 171,000… [Read More]
Autumn in Boston’s Arboretum is a Must-See Attraction
Ever heard of “Forest Bathing?” Maybe you’ve done it already without realizing! Known as Shinrin-Yoku in Japan (where the practice is wildly popular), Forest Bathing is the act of wandering the woods to lift your spirits. In other words, it’s nature therapy. Want to know the perfect place and time to do that in Boston,… [Read More]
