my world • cultural awareness • family fun • travel
Otherwise known as Ambergris Caye, or as Madonna sang out: “La Isla Bonita,” San Pedro Belize, with its warm Caribbean air and aquamarine water, is the perfect vacation spot for family travel, especially in the middle of winter during their dry season.
Transportation to San Pedro
To get to San Pedro, you must fly to Belize City and either take the water taxi or a puddle jumper air plane. The water taxi was a short hour and 15-minute ride …
Business Travel: Enjoying the Sights and Ravioli in Romemy world • cultural awareness • lifestyle • hobbies-me time
O…ne of the fantastic perks I have had in my career is travel. Now that I have my son, I’m a lot less excited about being away from him on business trips, but as long as he’s with me I’d love to go, go, go. Luckily, he’s a pretty
Jewish Holiday Traditions: How To Celebrate the Miracle of Hanukkah With Kidsme • arts & entertainment • family fun • family fun-traditions
Ever since I became a mom for the first time, teaching my children the miracle of Hanukkah… has been a beautiful experience. Sure, Jewish holidays go hand-in-hand with food but there is something more to the oil that we use to light the candles and fry latkes to celebrate Hanukkah.
…Today, after 48 hours, I arrived in Kenya. It’s really quite a long story and I’m jet lagged, but needless to say, the flight attendant told us, an hour and a half into our Detroit to Amsterdam flight that we needed to turn back around and go to Detroit due
New Year’s Eve Customs All Around the World…Way back when, as 1993 turned into 1994, I was a college student spending a semester abroad in Seville, Spain and dutifully (read: joyfully) taking in the local culture and traditions. In Spain, when the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, revelers eat one grape for each of the
Christmas and New Years Latin American StyleMuch of the same traditions can be found in many countries due to immigration and religious beliefs, but each country has individual differences exclusive to their native land. South American Christmases are a time of summer celebrations held outside in the warm sun. Nativity scenes, Christmas trees, gift giving and…
If you had to whittle down all of your happy moments from 2010 into your favorite 2010 Kodak Moment…, what would it be? What picture would depict it? Who would be with you? And what emotions would be on your face?
My favorite Kodak Moment from 2010 would be
Hanukkah and Christmas: Growing Up With Blended Holiday TraditionsI am the child of a Jewish father and a Lutheran mother. Growing up, my brother and I usually found ourselves as the least-favored grandchildren of our devout, but dueling grandparents. Neither set of our grandparents ever totally approved of their children’s choice to marry someone of a different faith.…
Taj Mahal: A Rooftop ViewThe distance from Delhi to Agra, where the Taj Mahal is located, is only 200 kilometers. So, deciding to go at noon shouldn’t pose any problems, right? Wrong!
We hired a driver to take us from our hotel to one of the Seven Wonders of the World and were on…
Our family left Utah for a vacay on March 24 and with the exception of an 8-hour stop in between trips, we haven’t been back home since.
Our trip started in Central America—Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras—to visit my parents. And then, thanks to a trip from Royal Caribbean…,
Get off the couch and play—do something active—during every commercial when you & your family watch TV tonight.
Date: Wed., February 29
Time: 2-3 p.m. ET
Book: 365 Manners Kids Should Know
