The Nutcracker, Pennsylvania Ballet, Philadelphia Day Trip

Mom! It’s the Snow Princess! Do you see the Snow Princess? Dad! The Candy Cane Man, the Candy Cane Man! Can you see him? Other than birthdays and Christmas I can honestly say I’ve never seen my 3-year-old (Andrew) more excited than he was on the way to the Academy of Music to see The Pennsylvania Ballet perform The Nutcracker. He and we,... Read More

Storybook Land – Winter/ Holiday/ Santa Light Show

Santa's Residence Storybook Land Review Looking for a great outdoor adventure with the kids this winter? Head into the heart of South Jersey to Storybook Land and you’ll not only make some wishes come true, you might even be more popular than Santa … at least for a day. Storybook Land is an amusement park on reverse steroids. That is,... Read More

Storybook Land Day Trip

My 6 year old son and his friends love, LOVE Storybook Land. This is a great day trip that accounts for at least two visits per year – one during the summer and one during the winter holiday. For the last 50 years Storybook Land has been keeping childhood alive by with all-time favorite stories and nursery rhymes. Children’s classics are interspersed... Read More

NJ Beach Day Trip

A NJ beach “day trip” … I know, it seems like an oxymoron for anyone not living within a pearled conch shells throw to the ocean. Thanks to beastly traffic, especially on summer weekends, ‘Day trip’ and ‘NJ beach’ go together about as well as sand, wind and donuts. That said, we’ve got it figured out at... Read More