Category: Travel
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A Day at the Florida State Fair
The Florida State Fair, like all good fairs, is a festival of the senses. The sights and sounds thrill, but the smells … breathe deep and relish those smells. No matter the season, a fair is the provenance of olfactory gratification. Booths and stands draw you in with the aroma…
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Our Week with Kia Sorento: Road Trip Memories
I received a 2016 Kia Sorento SXL AWD on loan to drive and review for a week, courtesy of Drive Shop and Kia. Here are my thoughts. The timing of the loan was ideal. What better way to really get the feel for a family car like the 2016 Kia Sorento…
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We Will Always Go Back to Gulf County, Florida
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Visit Gulf County for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. Sunset at Cape San Blas … The boys leap in sync over the lips of low waves that bubble off the Gulf of Mexico. Peals of laughter drift up…
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Food, Wine and a Day in the Sun
One year later, we walked around the world together. The light kissed our cheeks and the breeze tossed our hair. It was a cool day, a good day. A day of food, a day of wine. A day together in the sun. Epcot’s 2014 International Food and Wine Festival has…
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Harry Potter and thrills galore set Universal apart
Before I get into the amazing experience we had during our Facing Fears Together visit to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure earlier this month, I need to put this whole Harry Potter thing into perspective. We are a family of readers. By that, I mean we enjoy sitting (or…
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Our New York
New York is the Statue of Liberty. The Circle Line. Washington Square. Greenwich. The West Village. Chinatown. The Empire State Building. MOMA. The Guggenheim. The Upper West Side. Central Park. We did none of that. Our plans were fluid. We knew where we would stay, knew what day we would…
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That Night in New Orleans
This blog was created almost two years ago as a way to share some of my experiences as a sportswriter, a way to chronicle those years of my life that my sons are too young to know about. With the Dad 2.0 Summit in New Orleans approaching, I’ve been reminiscing…
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Sea World Spooktacular: Get there early to beat the crowd
Our family was invited to Sea World this past Saturday to experience the first weekend of the annual Spooktacular Halloween event. It was our sons’ first trip to Sea World, and the first trip for Beth and me since summer 2005. I’ll say this up front: Our boys, a 7-year-old…
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My Son, the Jedi Padawan
The Force is strong with this one. Jedi Academy training Sunday at Disney’s Hollywood Studios bore that out. Lord Darth Vader’s mastery of the Dark Side was no match. Padawan Jay showed that Dark Knight of the Sith what’s up. But don’t take my word for it. We have video…
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ESPN Wide World of Sports: Athletic Excellence, Disney Magic
When the Braves and Reds inaugurated the beautiful baseball stadium at ESPN Wide World of Sports in 1998, I was there to cover it for a newspaper. I remember being impressed by the “Florida Picturesque” style, and the whimsical Mediterranean Revival details of a stadium that instantly became the premier…
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