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Memories – The Gift that Lasts a Lifetime

Joan Beren with grandson, Henry Platt

 You can forget the Norman Rockwell image of grandma sitting in a rocking chair knitting sweaters forher grandchildren. Instead of homemade sweaters, Joan Beren gives each of her grandchildren the gift of a unique adventure that they get to [...]

Baseball Keeps Barry LaFlam and his Grandkids on the Road

Barry LaFlam, Abby, Timothay Haggerty grandchildren

Ever since he played little league baseball as a child, proud grandfather Barry LaFlam has been a loyal baseball fan. In 1991, he began taking baseball road trips and stadium tours with his wife Barbara and their son Daryl. In fact, the LaFlam family been officially inducted into [...]

The Sun Belt, Hotspots for Retirement

South Carolina's Callawassie Island provides a lush nature setting where wildlife abounds.

Estimates are that hundreds of thousands— even millions—of people over 50 will be relocating across town, to a new state or a new region of the country in retirement in coming years. Experts say that “retirement” no longer means sipping a relaxing [...]

Happy Rails To You…

Mealtime in an Amtrak dining car is always a surprise. With family-style seating, you never know who’ll be sharing your table; and in the course of many long-distance train trips I’ve drawn everything from a Japanese doctor specializing in organ transplant to a 300-pound biker in a tank top.

Today, I’m about to have breakfast [...]

Key West: Pirates and Paradise

The Pirate Soul Museum in Key West is owned by Pat Croce, former owner of NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, and is delightfully curated, featuring items from Croce’s own collection (a real treasure chest, a real pirate flag), as well as doubloons and pieces of eight and torturous instruments of various kinds and the back stories [...]

Terrific RV Road Trips and Tips

An RV trip is an experience your grandkids won’t forget. My younger grandson’s favorite thing is watching sunrise from the top bunk. My older grandson thinks it’s neat to wake up at dawn and already be at the lake to go fishing. He especially likes being able to take his dog along—so she doesn’t have [...]

Skiing with Your Grandchildren

Imagine you and your grandchild gliding together down a snowy slope sparkling with diamonds of reflected sunlight. A woodpecker is tapping away in the forest, and the air is invigorating and refreshingly scented with pine, spruce and fir. This is just one of the thousands of memorable experiences that you could enjoy when skiing with [...]