Ready for a weekend getaway somewhere where it feels like a nice change of pace but only 2 hours from the city? Check out Erie, Pennsylvania! With the lake, beaches, hometown diners, and an incredible indoor waterpark, it makes for...
My family of four recently visited Legoland, Florida. We stayed Thursday through Saturday nights in the Legoland Resort Hotel in October 2016, and highly recommend it as a stand-alone trip or in combination with another vacation that you plan...
Why use a travel agent to plan your vacation? If you love to travel you know how easy it is to book your trip online.  After the kids go sleep you get on the computer, do a few hours of...
In college, I made at least two solo trips from Pittsburgh to Virginia every year. I had a friend who lived there and occasionally I visited some extended family, which made for good excuses to get out of town...
Imagine, you have been planning a vacation for several months and the time has come to finally take it. You get there and the place is beautiful. Everything is planned down to the hour, and you feel excited that...
Williamsburg, Virginia is one of my favorite places on Earth to visit.  My family has been going there practically every year since I was a baby.  So when my family gets the chance, we take a long weekend and...
Nowadays travel has become one of the most important and innate human desires. For any individual, there are great benefits of travel, extending beyond just a break from daily routine. Traveling increases your creativity and makes you more open-minded....
Happy Finance Friday! As a follow up to my budgeting post, Financially Fit in 2018: A Guide to Becoming Budget Saavy, we’ve decided to add #financefriday to the Pittsburgh Moms Blog agenda. Send me your finance questions and concerns via...
Planning a vacation can be a lot of work, especially when children are involved. Do you drive? Do you fly? A lot will depend on the ages of your children, what your family dynamic is, how well your children...
In March, our family had the opportunity to visit the Great Smoky Mountains for six days.  If you caught either of the first two parts of the 'Visiting the Great Smoky Mountains' series, you know we enjoyed our adventures in the...

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