Suddenly it’s April! Summer is fast approaching. For kids, that’s the time to kick back and savor long, school-free days. For parents, it’s the time to embark on one of the year’s scariest roller-coaster rides: planning a family vacation. A successful family vacation is as good as it gets. You can encounter new places and people […]

 I was a Hawaii resistor. The kind who said, “I’m not a lie-on-the-beach person. It’s not at the top of my list.” Then one winter I accompanied my daughter’s gymnastics team to an invitational meet on the island of Oahu. Well, on that trip I discovered my truth about Hawaii. I was a fan! In […]

I’m not sure what first attracted me to Fiji, but whatever it was, the notion of visiting that far-off place with the resonant name had long been one of my most cherished travel dreams. So it was with no small degree of amazement, anticipation, and apprehension that I set foot with my wife on the […]