Martinhal – Redefining Lodging for Discerning Families

Martinhal – Redefining Lodging for Discerning Families

At the Martinhal Cascais, there are bikes for adults and kids, including with training wheels, at the entrance and an extensive property where to ride. The dining room contains an area where kids can play, complete with a kid-sized kitchen. There is a spa and, of course, pool, and a large kids’ club where even babies are welcomed

Hitting the spa — with (or without the kids)

Hitting the spa — with (or without the kids)

That increasingly includes kids as resorts, cruise ships and city hotels offer special treatments — everything from mani-pedis at the JW Spa Chicago and a Tween Delight s’mores manicure with bubbling foot bath and s’mores pedicure at the Allegria Spa at the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek…

Lifestyle and food to admire: Cascais Portugal

Lifestyle and food to admire: Cascais Portugal

Having time to enjoy life –- and those dual roles — is a big part of the Portuguese lifestyle, those here tell us, even busy parents with dual-career households and making time for delicious long lunches is part of that.

Last Day at Vail – Best Day of the Ski Season!

Last Day at Vail – Best Day of the Ski Season!

And what better place to be than Vail — and Vail’s legendary Back Bowls and Blue Sky Basin. And though much of the terrain is for experts, you’ll find trails that suit every level and every style of skier.

Family-oriented hotel in Vail – The Sebastian

Family-oriented hotel in Vail – The Sebastian

Every day at The Sebastian, a family-oriented hotel in the heart of Vail Village, there is a complimentary kids’ activity so parents can relax over a drink in the Frost bar, grab a nap or luxuriate in a spa treatment

People come to Vail to ski, sure, but also for the spas

People come to Vail to ski, sure, but also for the spas

At the Four Seasons Vail, men come for a restorative massage after skiing including the “brew and renew” that incorporates warmed cans of Crazy Mountain Brew rather than hot stones. The treatment finishes with a can of cold beer.

Eating Our Way Across San Francisco

Eating Our Way Across San Francisco

We ate until we couldn’t eat any more. Dim Sum, Mac and Cheese, Cioppino (Italian fish stew), enchiladas, more Dim Sum. San Francisco is a foodie paradise