Category: Travel

Great snack for a Labor Day Road Trip or for the Lunch Box

Great snack for a Labor Day Road Trip or for the Lunch Box

Whenever we plan a road trip I’m in charge of getting snacks and drinks.  I usually get an assortment of drinks, including bottled water along with healthy snacks and some other snacks that are just our favorites.   I have found that it saves money to pack your own and also time.  The start of school [...]

5 Resources for Finding Family Fun

5 Resources for Finding Family Fun

I need to admit that sometimes, I bite off more than I can chew.  I had the best intentions when I started Project: Staycation Detroit, but life has gotten the best of me.  Between work, embarrassing myself at conferences, the upcoming school year and having two, very active, teen-aged daughters, we have not been able [...]

Project: Staycation Detroit

Project: Staycation Detroit

Imagine two weeks in Florida; a beautiful condo right on the Gulf of Mexico, going out to eat, shopping and unlimited access to the sun, surf and sand. Sounds fabulous, doesn’t it? In the above context, it certainly does but our recent trip was not-so-fabulous. My anticipated workload actually doubled during our trip, sharing the [...]

Enjoy Year Round Water Park Fun at Castaway Bay

Enjoy Year Round Water Park Fun at Castaway Bay

Just over a week ago I had the awesome opportunity to represent Detroit Mommies at a Mommy Blogger event at Castaway Bay. Castaway Bay is Cedar Point’s year-round indoor water park resort located in Sandusky, Ohio. And with winter still in full force it was a great getaway for us twelve Mommy Bloggers and our [...]

5 Places in Metro Detroit to Take Out of Town Guests

5 Places in Metro Detroit to Take Out of Town Guests

Frankenmuth Frankenmuth is such a magical place… at least it looks magical and since it’s Christmas year round, it’s a great place to take out of town guests, especially right before the holidays. We had out of town guests from California visiting for Thanksgiving and decided to make the hour trip from Rochester to Frankenmuth. [...]

Our Fun Florida Time Share Vacation

Our Fun Florida Time Share Vacation

We have a time share with Marriott and this year we decided to head to Singer Island, Florida to the Oceana Palms!  So far we have used our time share in Hawaii and in Florida. We decided to take one last vacation before school started, but we didn’t want to go too far and have [...]

I’m Ready For BlogHer… well almost

I’m Ready For BlogHer… well almost

Preparing for BlogHer is a task, but since I went last year, I know exactly what I need in order to be ready this year. Business Cards Today a sighed a sigh of relief when my business cards arrived from Tiny Prints.  They are even more perfect than I imagined and they came fast considering [...]

Blown Away By Baypoint Beach at Stony Creek Metropark

Blown Away By Baypoint Beach at Stony Creek Metropark

I was seriously blown away by Baypoint Beach at Stony Creek Metropark!  My expectations, exceeded. We have lived in Metro Detroit for 2 years now and we finally ventured to a metropark last week.  I had only heard great things about Stony Creek metropark when asking around for the best beach to take the kids.  [...]