Tag Archives: children and travel

Springtime in Chicago

I just returned from a family trip to Hawaii, which included connections at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. While there my 3-year-old daughter paid her dinosaur pal a visit in Terminal One and once again ran her little legs off at the “Kids on the Fly” play area. The 2,000-square-foot indoor playground features a two-story control tower, airplane with interactive cockpit and cargo hold, luggage slide, a ticket counter, a helicopter, and my daughter’s favorite feature a pint-sized ice-cream stand where tots can scoop their own mock sweet treats into paper cones. We had more than two hours to kill between … Continue reading →

Kids And Hotels—Safety Counts

It’s a day we’ll never forget. It was a sunny late afternoon in Honolulu, Hawaii. I was working as a television reporter at the local CBS affiliate and my brother was on call as the spokesperson for the city’s emergency management department. Little did we know that on that gorgeous December day our paths would cross in a dreadful way. Just after four in the afternoon we were both sent by our respective bosses to Waikiki to respond to an accident at an upscale hotel. Within minutes of arriving we would witness the unthinkable. It was a dreadful sight that … Continue reading →