Category: Family Fun
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For many travelers, hotels are nothing more than a generic place to sleep and store their luggage while they spend their days exploring exotic locales. In some cases, however, the accommodations steal the show. From doing jail time to sleeping in a treehouse, these unique hotels and inns from New York to New Hampshire prove…
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It’s 10 a.m. on a Saturday morning and I’m on my hands and knees, crawling across a sea of clothes to reach a Harvard sweatshirt tangled between a striped sweater and pink fleece jacket. After separating it from the pile, I know I’ve scored and stuff it into my bag. A few feet away I…
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From “Sleepless in Seattle” to “An Affair to Remember,” many of the best romantic films have taken place in New York City. And why not? With its mesmerizing skyline and alluring attractions, it’s where everyone’s vagabond shoes long to stray. Though many people head directly to the top of the Empire State Building in hopes…
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It’s an unseasonably warm November day in New York. The sky is a resplendent blue and folks strolling past Macy’s in Herald Square seem to be walking a bit slower than usual — to get a peek at the retailer’s holiday window display in its final stages of completion. Inside, oblivious to both the weather…
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Twinkling lights, wreaths with big bows, lazy snowflakes and warm candles glowing in windows are what most of us think of when it comes to the holidays in New England. And why not? Of all the places to visit this time of year, none compares with the Northeast’s charming villages and towns, many of which…
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NEW YORK CITY — Frances Clift always dreamed of finding true love in a coffee shop. On a Saturday afternoon in March, her wish came true when she met Sherry. “It was something magical,” she said. “Something you can only imagine happening to you in New York. You walk into a café with the intention…
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Like peanut butter and jelly, Orlando and Walt Disney World go hand in hand. Each year tourists from all over the world descend on the sunshine state to pose with Mickey and watch fireworks over Cinderella’s castle. So popular are the theme parks, in fact, that during peak times Disney cast members are on hand…
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It wasn’t that long ago that in the absence of personal technology and social media, parents and kids had no choice but to actually talk and interact with one another. These days, however, it’s not uncommon to find entire families staring at their screens without exchanging a single word. And while that just might be…
Sarah Lemire 