Procrastination Destination: Armchair Travelin’
Go on vacation! Not happening? Then take a short break and have fun with videos, songs, and stories about the vacations you’re probably glad you didn’t take!
Continue ReadingGo on vacation! Not happening? Then take a short break and have fun with videos, songs, and stories about the vacations you’re probably glad you didn’t take!
Continue ReadingLEGOLAND Beach Retreat at LEGOLAND Florida is a fun getaway built for kids.
Continue ReadingTime-lapse photography on a budget with Brinno.
Continue ReadingThough in many parts of the country summer vacation is just about over, for some, there is still over a month to go. So if you’re a last-minute planner (or you are planning mid-school-year or 2017 trips), here are some places to see in Arizona that are a geologist’s dream.
Continue ReadingRugged coastlines, empty beaches, rolling countryside, remote location. If you want to get away from it all, pretty much literally, the Orkney Islands should be on your list.
Continue ReadingMuseums successfully gamify themselves with apps making visits educational as well as fun for all family members.
Continue ReadingA friend of mine is vacationing in Muscat…
Continue ReadingPatricia and her husband chose to take the kids on their anniversary trip and it didn’t suck! In fact, they would do it again.
Continue ReadingThis week on Hey You Geeks, we’re presenting our geek certified 2015 summer movie preview. Going month-by-month, May through August, we’re covering all of the big movie releases, from superhero films including ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron,’ ‘Ant-Man’ and ‘Fantastic Four,’ adventure films like ‘Tomorrowland,’ ‘Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation’ and ‘Jurassic World,’ kids’ flicks including ‘Inside Out’ and ‘Minions,’ sci-fi epics like ‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ and so much more.
Continue ReadingI really don’t understand why my friend lost his job at the calendar printing company…
Continue ReadingPatricia’s getting excited about her upcoming Disney Cruise this summer, so she wants to share with readers the experiences on her last cruise.
Continue ReadingAnticipating a vacation makes you happy, but actually taking one does not. That is, unless you chillax. Here’s how.
Continue ReadingHave you seen that image that suggests how to drive across the USA “hitting all the major landmarks”? Here’s a better plan.
Continue ReadingWe took our two girls with us on our annual trip to GenCon this year, and it was a whole new adventure.
Continue ReadingCabana Bay Beach Resort is the hippest hotel on Universal Orlando property for the families with ankle-biters and cool cats.
Continue ReadingIf you’re a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle fan, listen up! The Nickelodeon Suites Resort in Orlando, Florida is the
place to be during the TMNT weekends.
It’s snowing in Portland right now, and a trip to a warm, sunny beach sounds like a great idea. You know what would make it even better? Board games.
Continue ReadingGoing to Walt Disney World can be a dream vacation for many families, but now the cost of that dream is going to be a little higher.
Continue ReadingGeekDad Rory is late to the party! Read about his recent discovery of sea glass.
Continue ReadingHow much vacation time do you get each year? Is it worth wasting that precious time staring at your phone? Here are answers to all your excuses, so leave your phone at home this summer.
Continue ReadingWhile the lion’s share of seasonal attention goes to the Horror Nights festival at rival Universal Studios, Walt Disney World offers a more family-friendly option for those looking for some Halloween merriment. I attended their annual Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party …
Continue ReadingThis week the GeekMoms are having fun both at play and on vacation–and a little of both.
Continue ReadingWe lent a family a 3DS to take on holiday with them. Their mission was to use it to take pictures, find information online when they were abroad and keep in touch with us while they were away. We spent …
Continue ReadingThis week, vacation is the theme–a lot of the GeekMoms have been on the road, or are headed out!
Continue ReadingFamily vacations can be great—as long as they don’t involve endless lines at a brain-dead amusement park. Good thing there are plenty of less crowded, more enriching alternatives.
Continue ReadingWe’re rapidly approaching the end of school and the beginning of the summer travel season. For some of you, that means your kids will need their first passports–or new ones, which for kids is like getting a new one. Not only does my son need one, but I completely forgot that passports expire in five […]
Continue ReadingA Swedish hotel is helping its guests get closer to nature — by sleeping in trees. The Treehotel, located near the Lule river in Sweden, offers a handful of custom suites built above ground in the middle of the woods. …
Continue ReadingFor New Year’s this year we rented a house in the Catskills with our good friends and their son. He and my daughter have been best friends since birth, and they’re now six years old. Our plans for the weekend were simple: eat delicious food, drink delicious drinks, and introduce our children to Star Wars. […]
Continue ReadingMy daughter started second grade this week and she has spent her summer enjoying Harry Potter. She has read the first two books on her own and just started the third. Of course, for our annual Halloween party what could be a better theme given that the last movie came out this year. In my continuing […]
Continue ReadingLast weekend the family headed up to Atlanta for some fun sightseeing. We had tickets to an Atlanta Braves baseball game on the Sunday afternoon of that weekend, but otherwise we sought out family-friendly, educational activities that wouldn’t break the bank. What to do…what to do…? Most families staying in downtown Atlanta would have considered […]
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