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July 2008
Theme: “Escapes, Real and Imagined”
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A Month of Escapes, Real and Imagined: What Did You Miss?
We listened to our favorite summer music; we listened to our favorite children's books on CD.
We used our best travel lifesavers, and we leveraged the pages and pages of info in all of our favorite family travel resources and books. We even conquered the worst of air travel with an indispensable guide to all local airports!
We spent a lazy afternoon at the baseball field.
We camped out, sometimes even outside!
We escaped into Bert's chalk-drawn wonderland with Mary Poppins.
We licked a drippy ice cream cone (or ten).
We pretended we were far, far away, even if just for dinner. And for dinner -- as well as every other meal -- we hewed happily to the wonderful advice of our guest, Jodi Liano, for inspiration.
We took a spin through the Big Apple, New York City. We let our minds wander through China to ready ourselves and our kiddos for the Olympics. We spent the Bastille Day of our dreams in Paris. We went to even farther spots -- the spots that only wonderful books can take us.
We claimed our getaway car (or rocket).
We followed as our amazing Being Savvy local writers walked us through one - two - three days of the essential visitor's guides to their cities all across North America.
We took measure of this great big world.
We got away without even getting away -- and our guests from Work It, Mom taught us to call that a staycation.
We were inspired by quotes from Robert Louis Stevenson, Shel Silverstein, Christina Henry de Tessan and Woody Guthrie.
We kept track of all ourwonderful memories.
In short, we soaked up the unmistakable signs of summer.
And we loved every minute of it -- hope you did too!
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A word of warning: get your goggles and flippers ready for tomorrow! You're going to get wet!!
Comments
mavenbrooklyn said:
This summer we enjoyed a wonderful week long vacation that culminated in a big nightmare that started with a canceled flight and just ballooned from there. Throughout, our 6-year old took the ordeal in stride, and seemed to view the experience as an adventure, even when we were forced to wake him at 3:30 am to catch our re-booked flight. The same kid who has been known to throw a tantrum over the most mundane things, was a total trooper when it really mattered. I loved seeing how positive and willing to adapt he was and it made the whole experience much more bearable!
Thanks for so many great tips this month! The family travel tips were extremely helpful.
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