Guest post and photos by Jamie Rhein For the past two years, a friend and I have loaded our cars with teenagers to head to Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, 30 miles north of Cincinnati, for what’s becoming a tradition of thrills at the amusement park’s Halloween Haunt. The pairing of roller coaster rides with haunted […]
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Post contributed by Lisa Crovo Dion Last weekend, San Francisco experienced an unprecedented heat wave. The city, normally cool, grey and foggy during summer, topped out at a scalding 106! I was rescued from the heat by a last minute invite from my BFF Megan to join her poolside at a 5,000 sq. ft. mini
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Guest post and photos courtesy of Jamie Rhein There are some folks who find a passion and just go with it. Kenneth Pape who owns Pape’s Pecan House in Seguin, Texas is one of those people. He started collecting nutcrackers in the 1950s. Since then, he’s acquired more than 8,000 and showcases his bounty at
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Post contributed by Lisa Crovo Dion If you have kids or remember what it’s like to be one, you understand the playtime value of a cardboard box. Through September 4th, Welcome to WildCard, is on display at San Francisco’s pioneering science-meets-arts space, the Exploratorium. Bring a few kids, like I did, or retreat into your
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Post by guest writer, Jamie Rhein Some historic house museums seem as if the people who once lived there just stepped out for a moment–where scenes one has read about seem to appear in each room. Ivy Green, Helen Keller’s birthplace in Tuscumbia, Alabama is such a place. Located a few blocks from Tuscumbia’s downtown,
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Guest Post by Jamie Rhein I was born in Kentucky. I have lived in Kentucky twice. I often travel to Kentucky. Somehow, I missed out on the gem of Frankfort, Kentucky’s state capital–until now. In a weekend that went entirely too fast, I discovered a small city worth visiting more than once. The range of the
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