Corcovado National Park is the crown jewel of Costa Rica’s extensive national park system. Sure, you can visit Manuel Antonio National Park…but if you’re the type of person who prefers more animals and fewer people, you need to go farther … Continued
A trip to New York City should feature at least one fantastic surprise. For me, it was finding out that the iconic children’s toy store FAO Schwarz, which closed its store on Fifth Avenue in 2009, reopened in Rockefeller Square … Continued
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about my mother. I spend a lot of time around fellow traveling moms on Instagram and blogs these days, and mostly I find myself thinking (usually after a heated debate about the educational merits … Continued
When your nine-year-old gets nerdily excited about a travel journal, you know you’re doing something right. My kid spent an hour perusing all the options available on the Journey Jotter Books website and then waited breathlessly for it to arrive … Continued
I won’t bore you with the details of our recent run-in with influenza, but I will blame the flu for the fact that this post is not titled “101 Things to Do with Kids in New York City.” (101 would … Continued
Costa Rica has about a twenty-five million gazillion amazing beaches. Okay, maybe, not that many, but enough that trying to pick out a favorite is sort of like that choosing a favorite child. Is the best beach the one with the … Continued
Looking for the best beaches in Costa Rica is like trying to find the the most spectacular jewel in Aladdin’s Cave of Wonders: an impossible task, but an exciting one. Costa Rica is home to beaches galore and plenty of … Continued
It’s hard to overstate my excitement when my husband finally agreed to book a dolphin tour in Costa Rica through our trusted friends at Aventuras Tropicales, leaving out of Puerto Jimenez (there are many, many dolphin tours of all shapes … Continued
Did I know somewhere in the back of my mind that chocolate originally comes from cocoa which originally comes from cacao which must somehow come from a plant? Sure. But until a recent chocolate tour of Rancho Raices, a family … Continued
There are so many adrenaline-inducing activities available when visiting Costa Rica that taking a chocolate tour was never at the top of my list. It was actually my fifth trip to this jaw-dropping country before I finally decided to see … Continued