Looking for somethimg to do over the weekend I came across an advertisement for Carnival Day for the family at the History Center Downtown. Upon research I discovered that this history museum has a neat approach to teach about history by taking you back in time in living scenes. To make it more inticing to visit this particular day was that it was FREE!! However tickets to play carnival games and buy snacks would cost you .50 per ticket. So off we we went my daughter and I on Saturday morning to expierence something else in this city. Parking was easy as the new street meters accepted debit cards to pay for hourly parking at $1.45. We realized the History center was set off the side off the canal making it a nice scene to relax ... read more

Being in Indianapolis since November and needing a much deserved nite of fun, my husband took me out to enjoy the well known strip called Massachusettes Ave. Here is where you will find a mixture of places to have a great dinner, grab a drink and have some entertainment. This street has a collection of cute boutiques that range from sweets to fabric stores and antiques. Places on this street you may have heard of is the Flying Cupcake, YATS (Creole food), Tini an upcoming Martini bar, The Chatterbox, The Mesh and many others. They are all next door to each other. All you need to do is park and get there before closing time for some of the places. We met our party at 8:00pm on a Saturday and the Flying Cupcake was closed much ... read more

Thanskgiving and Camping probably don't go together in most people's mind. However, if you tried booking a camp site over the holiday you would realize alot of people do put it together. It makes sense that the most important thing about "Thanksgiving" is usually "Family", so as long as the family is together having fun anyway is a good way to celebrate the day. Garner State Park is 2 hours from San Antonio. Its a simple drive and you go through a few small downs that still have very old buildings that look like a Old West movie set. We loaded up a rented trailor and set out after school and work was done. We made it there with enough light to get the tent up and start a fire. As I took in the view ... read more

Coming up with fun things to do with your children on regular days can be a challenge. While watching the Foodnetwork channel I got an idea to see if any Candy factories or unique Candy stores was in our city. After searching the internet I came across the web page for the Candy Lounge. I must admit the colorful graphics of the page drew me in and the promise of 50 diffrent types of soda from diffrent places. How could that not be fun?! I wasn't sure how this was going to to over with my kids at first but I got my children excited talking about the place and showing them the web page. I discovered it was on the same street as the McNay Art Museum, easy location. When we arrived we were pleaseantly ... read more

Since we have moved to our new destination in Texas, I have been wondering if I have given this country a fair chance with traveling destinations. Sometimes I feel a little guilty by always wanting to leave the country instead of exploring it I decided this year I was going to do just that not to mention traveling in my own home land during a recession is good for my budget and good for the economy ( I try to repeat this to myself alot lately!) So I bought a awesome book with pretty pictures of the hill country area that surrounds San Antonio and began plotting my destinations. First up to see is Fredericksburg TX. A little town that has German roots. I was skeptical about the info in the book comparing it to Europe ... read more