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Have Unanswered Travel Questions? Try Best Family Travel Advice.

August 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Experience, Tips & Tricks

While there are lots of informative family travel websites and blogs out there, there hasn’t been a dedicated, professional resource where anyone can ask their own family travel question and have it answered by a diverse panel of experts. Front and center on Best Family Travel Advice’s homepage is a question form where you can ask YOUR question.

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Saratoga Springs: Saratoga Perfoming Arts Center (SPAC)

July 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Destinations, Experience

The real treat at SPAC is enjoying world class performances rather than the watered down, silly-ed up versions that are usually available to kids or the annual we’ll let kids come because these performances are a cash cow, Nutcracker.

Top 10 Things I Discovered in New England During My First Year, #1-5

April 25th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Destinations, Experience

Here is the second part of my favorite new discoveries in New England.

Top 10 Things I Discovered in New England During My First Year, #6-10

April 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments · Destinations, Experience

It has been one year since moving from California to Connecticut. While adapting to the culture shock, I began to explore and embrace some of what Connecticut and New England have to offer. Here are my favorite new discoveries.

It’s Sugar Time, Maple That Is!

February 23rd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Experience

It’s maple time in New England. Sugar maples have begun to ooze their sweet sap, maple farmers have tapped their sugar bush and boiling has begun in sugar houses.

If you have tasted real maple syrup, you know how delectable this natural sweetener is. The pitcher on the table at the Waffle House is not real maple syrup but rather corn syrup (usually high fructose) flavored with fennugreek. Try a side by side comparison and you will never go back to the “maple flavored” sweeteners.

Click through for more ways to enjoy maple syrup.