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Paris Coffee Shop – Fort Worth Comfort Food

By Jody Halsted September 17, 2013

Fort Worth is filled with incredible restaurants. You can find Texas sized steaks, succulent Tex-Mex, pit smoked BBQ, and fresh seafood. But when the people of Fort Worth want home cookin’ they go to the Paris Coffee Shop. As the oldest family owned and operated restaurant in Fort Worth, it would be easy to dismiss […]

2 Comments · Filed Under: South, Texas, USA · Tagged With: eating, food, Food and Restaurants, Fort Worth, Fun for Kids, handy tips, restaurants, Texas

Exploring Aberdeen, South Dakota – #IGTravelThursday

By Jody Halsted August 29, 2013

After our fun learning about Laura Ingalls Wilder in DeSmet, the girls and I headed north- to Aberdeen, South Dakota. We couldn’t have asked for a better place to camp than Wylie Park Campground.  Play structures dot the park.  This one was just outside our camper – which meant I could watch the girls as […]

7 Comments · Filed Under: Midwest, USA · Tagged With: camping, Children's Museum, eating, Farm, food, Fun for Kids, history, South Dakota

The State Fair of Texas in Dallas has Texas Sized Treats for Everyone

By Heather Buen August 28, 2013

Texas is known for a lot of things and nothing describes the passion of a Texan the way football, fried food and trucks do. The State Fair of Texas in Dallas’ Fair Park has been in existence since 1886 and boasts the largest annual attendance in the United States with an estimated 2.5 million to […]

Leave a Comment · Filed Under: South, Texas, USA · Tagged With: eating, entertainment, Farm, food, Fun for Kids, Texas

Iowa State Fair Tips – #igtravelthursday

By Jody Halsted August 15, 2013

It’s State Fair time in Iowa (really one of the best state fairs in the country- it’s even listed in 1,000 Places to See Before You Die).  During our recent (yes, annual) visit, I made sure to send out images of my top tips for visiting the Iowa State Fair.  If you have the Iowa […]

8 Comments · Filed Under: Iowa, Midwest, USA · Tagged With: Des Moines, eating, entertainment, Farm, food, Food and Restaurants, Fun for Kids, Iowa

Disney- Here I Come!

By Jody Halsted April 20, 2010

Disney Boardwalk Inn (courtesy of Walt Disney World)

Early Friday morning I will leave my family to their dreams and board a plane for the “Happiest Place on Earth’.  Now, the irony of this trip isn’t lost on me…  When I began sharing family travel tips online back in 2005 it was because the only information I could find was about family trips […]

Leave a Comment · Filed Under: South, USA · Tagged With: food, Food and Restaurants, Walt Disney World

Dinner with Kids at The Melting Pot in Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri

By Jody Halsted January 27, 2010

As a special treat for our girls we decided to splurge on dinner at The Melting Pot in Country Club Plaza.   While you do see children in the restaurant, you don’t see many.  I made our reservation online and mentioned that we were bringing our daughters, so it shouldn’t have been a surprise to […]

1 Comment · Filed Under: Midwest, Missouri · Tagged With: food, Food and Restaurants, Kansas City, Missouri

Images from Prelude to Christmas in the Amana Colonies, Iowa

By Jody Halsted December 8, 2009

We spent Sunday in one of our favorite Iowa areas: the Amana Colonies. I’ve written many times about the Amana Colonies but I just wanted to share some photos from our day. We visited the Tannenbaum Forest in the Festhalle Barn behind the Visitor’s Center. The girls were both happy to see Santa- he had […]

1 Comment · Filed Under: Iowa, Midwest, USA · Tagged With: Amana Colonies, food, history, Iowa

On the Road Again

By Jody Halsted November 30, 2009

I’ve been working on plans for the past few weeks for a winter getaway for us. Because Doug’s family is in Texas it made sense to plan something in the south. We haven’t been down in almost 3 years and it will, hopefully, be warmer there than our home in Iowa in late December. Here’s […]

3 Comments · Filed Under: Driving, hotel, Midwest, USA · Tagged With: food, Kansas City, Missouri, Texas

Drew’s Chocolates, Dexter, Iowa

By Jody Halsted November 2, 2009

About half an hour west of Des Moines lies the tiny town of Dexter. Dexter may be most well known as the location where Marvin and Blanche Barrow, of Bonnie & Clyde notoriety, were captured. Lesser known, but nearly as famous, are Drew’s Chocolates. Drew’s Chocolates began in 1927 when Helen Drew began making candy […]

1 Comment · Filed Under: Iowa, Midwest, USA · Tagged With: food, Iowa

The Market Place Restaurant, Asheville, North Carolina

By Jody Halsted October 13, 2009

A couple of weeks ago I traveled- sans kids– to Asheville, NC to attend a blog conference. Because I flew in the day the conference began and it rained- poured, actually- during my downtime I didn’t get a chance to tour the area. What I did get to experience, however, was one of Asheville’s restaurants. […]

1 Comment · Filed Under: Eastern US · Tagged With: Asheville, eating, food, North Carolina

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