Tatiana Sviridova/Moment/Getty Images Do you remember going on vacation as a teenager? In my family, we spent most of the day together, but my brother and I had plenty of opportunities for excursions. We’d go to the shops along the beach, hit up the boardwalk, or get ice cream while our parents handled the younger...
MilosStankovic/E+/Getty Images Summertime is officially here, and with summer comes a whole lot of fun — usually headed up by one parent in particular. Much like the term "default parent," a "vacation wife" is a phrase used to describe the person in a family who is pretty much solely responsible for a family vacation. From...
Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images I love a new city, specifically one I’ve heard about but never set foot in. That was Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for our family until last summer when my two older daughters and I went for a mini summer adventure. After exploring some of the best, most historical parts of the "steel...
Disney Some might say that when Walt Disney first opened Disneyland in California just about 70 years ago, that he couldn’t have imagined parks around the world bearing his name in decades to come. Personally, I think Disney was creative and ambitious enough not only to imagine an international theme park empire but expect it....