Category: New York
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Favorite Restaurants in the Finger Lakes (FLX)
I just got back from another visit to the Finger Lakes of New York. We spent a week living in a beautiful home on Seneca Lake just taking in the beauty, soaking in the hospitality and delicious wines of the local wineries, and exploring the area. I’ve been to the Finger Lakes more than a…
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Making glass (and more) at the Corning Museum of Glass in the Finger Lakes region of New York
This is my ten-year-old son, working with fire, to make a glass pendant at the Corning Museum of Glass in the Finger Lakes region of New York: Can I just say that the Corning Museum of Glass rocks? Because it does. Really. My kids loved making glass, watching others form glass into art and they…
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Trip Journal: Finger Lakes- JELL-O & more from Buffalo to Watkins Glen
Yesterday we drove from Buffalo to Watkins Glen to begin our vacation in the Finger Lakes region of New York. What was supposed to be a straight drive of about 2 and a half hours changed a bit when we saw a billboard along the highway. It advertised a JELL-O museum in LeRoy, the birthplace…
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Trip Journal: New York’s Finger Lakes Travel Day
It is early in the morning and I’m in the hotel bathroom with the light on, trying not to stir anyone. We got in after midnight, so everyone should be pretty tired and sleep for a bit, but you just never know. For now, though, the kids are asleep. My husband has gone to get…
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Visiting New York City for Thanksgiving?
Here’s how it went for us: Anyone out there thinking of going to the Macy’s Day Parade in New York City this Thanksgiving? Well, guess it’s a little late in the game for most of us to just be thinking about it. Let me try again… Anyone planning on heading to New York City this…