Tag Archives: Cleveland

Where to Travel in 2008

Have you made your travel plans for the New Year? Our family plans to spend part of 2008 flying 5,000 miles to reunite with family in Hawaii. In addition, we will keep with tradition and take shorter trips to visit other attractions near our home. In the coming weeks I plan to use this blog to profile unique events taking place around the world. Some may be happening in places you’ve always dreamed of traveling to while others may be occurring near your hometown. Either way I hope they inspire you to make 2008 a year of adventure. Traveling to … Continue reading →

Spring Has Sprung In Cleveland

Mention that you’ve just spent your spring break in Cleveland, Ohio and you’ll likely hear the following question: “Did you get to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?” You can answer either positively or negatively, but the fact is there is much more to Cleveland than just the $84-million dollar museum that attracts hundreds of thousands to the area each year. The following are some our family’s favorite pit stops in the Cleveland area: The Children’s Museum of Cleveland If you have kids it’s a no brainer—-when you are visiting a new city seek out the closest children’s museum. … Continue reading →

A Christmas Classic Comes To Life

Who doesn’t remember the holiday classic “A Christmas Story?” You know, Ralphie Parker… his desperate pleas for an official Red Ryder, carbine-action, 200-shot, range model air rifle… his tongue sticking to a frozen flagpole… the leg lamp. You remember don’t you? Brian Jones sure does. The 30-year-old former Navy lieutenant has been obsessed with the quirky film since he saw it for the first time with his parents in the late ‘80s. So obsessed, that when the house from the film was put up for sale on eBay in December 2004, Jones said there was nothing that would have stopped … Continue reading →