Family Travel Magazine Blog and Reviews

After missing out on birthday meals last year and this year (Accutane last year, my daughter’s TV appearances this year), my husband and I decided to celebrate Valentine’s Day this year at the White Barn Inn in Kennebunkport, Maine.  It had been two years since our last trip to the White Barn Inn, but we [...]

As a foodie, I’ve frequently heard about the White Barn Inn in the same breath as the famous French Laundry, a Napa Valley restaurant that I had the privilege to visit back in 2003.  Since the White Barn Inn is much closer to my Massachusetts home, I’ve always wanted to visit, and I finally had [...]

Last month, my husband and I attended the Inn to Inn Cookie Tour, as guests of the Country Inns of the White Mountains.  While we’d spent lots of time up in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, we generally stayed in rental houses or hotels – I’d never stayed in a bed and breakfast.  So, [...]

Last weekend, my husband and I were treated to a weekend away at the Taj Boston Hotel, located right on the Boston Public Garden, at the corner of Newbury Street.  We’ve hardly ever stayed in the city (other than the time we lived there), and we really needed to the getaway, to recharge.  My mother-in-law [...]