We are so taken with Paris En Famille--a brand new new family focused map/guide to Paris from Herb Lester Associates--and so very proud of Momfilter's own Yolanda...

The L.L. Bean Boat and Tote is an American beach favorite--there is no doubt about it. It is big, durable, customizable, even stands up on its own, unlike its floppy...

For my birthday my husband took me on a long overdue romantic weekend sans our daughter. We toured Sullivan County staying at small B&B’s, namely Ecce, in...

We just stayed at the Park Hyatt in Washington D.C., and wow, it was fantastic. You might be saying, sure, of course, it's a fancy hotel...but really, it's way beyond...

Yolanda’s recent post about Jenny Cooper’s colorful luggage is awesome and reminds me of my obsession with the "right" gear.  Last spring we took the kids to...

Recently we ran into Jenny Cooper (creative director of Crewcuts!) and her family at the airport, or rather, we spotted their awesome bright and cheery luggage,...

On a recent trip from grandma’s in Chicago back to our home in New York, a security guard at O’Hare International Airport tipped off us off to a play area in...

Our friend Chad just bought these adorable Flex Lite Chairs which I just found for $69. While not exactly cheap, they are really well-made, and seem like they won't...

Context Travel and its stable of fun, interesting scholars, lead fantastic tours for families (and also just adults) in major foreign cities. We just came back from...

I've had so many people ask me where to go apple picking close to NYC, and until now, I didn't have a strong suggestion. Yesterday I went on a school field trip...

We just read about the Hyatt Hotel Group partnering with Alice Waters to make over their kids' menus. Think all organic, with selections like turkey meatballs and...

On a recent Seattle to New York flight I did a mid-air double take when I noticed this happy baby sitting on a tray table, staring intently at the surface below...

On a recent trip to Maine, someone told me about this place called Mackworth Island, very close to Portland, where there are loads of fairy houses. Of course most...

I've long admired those kid-carrying Dutch bikes, but most of them seem incredibly large and unwieldy. The other day I saw a dad squiring his two adorable kids around...

I can't say enough good things about the Kinnikinnick Farm, which is about an hour and a half outside of Chicago, on the border of Wisconsin. We were there to check...

We rented a houseboat for a week on Liberty Dock, in Sausalito, just north of San Francisco. The houseboat (which we found on HomeAway) was in this funky little...

Last weekend our friend Jen was looking for some travel advice—she had to go to New Jersey for a family obligation, but she wanted to turn it into a fun getaway...

We were psyched to see this list of super curated lodging options in Sunday's NY Times article, "Six Sites That Curate Lodging Options So You Don't Have To." Not...

I know, the idea of travelling to Italy is a lofty one. But I think it's always important to have travel fantasies. I'm hoping that I can somehow get our family...

It's like clockwork. Every time we lease a new car, there is something about that new car smell that makes my kids sick. The last time, it was double projectile...

One of my friends was looking for some ideas on LA hotels for her son's spring break, and since I pulled together a list for her, I thought I'd share it here. Here...

My sister and I spent the day in Ojai, California, which is about an hour or so north of Los Angeles by car. We spent the night at the Ojai Valley Inn, which is...

July 3, 2011, I boarded the Caledonian sleeper train out of London headed to Fort William, Scotland, with my husband, my 21 month old son, a folding push chair,...

I just discovered Road Ahead, a new free app, when we were on a long road trip to Pittsburgh. I'd read about it in the NY Times, and we gave it a go. What I like...

Between making 28 Valentines with your kid and the special treats you might also be sending along to school, maybe you didn't have the bandwidth to consider a present...

If you're anything like me, you're lucky if you know what you are doing next weekend--let alone for next summer. But it being February and all, when I'm still semi-sorta...

When I first saw these mesh garment bags in the Tumi shop, I thought they were great, but way over-priced. When I saw them for much cheaper at Muji, I grabbed a...

It was a dream I had carried from when I was a child, and we lived in Algeria. My parents had taken me to the Sahara in our white 1975 VW Beetle. We had shared a...

As I lay on the beach last summer, I started to muse aloud about going to Morocco for our next holiday. Since my husband is French and we live in New York, we try...

If you happen to be in New York, and you like olive oil cake...you need to check out La Colombe on Lafayette St. Order a cappuccino or a latte, and get the olive...

When we were in London over Thanksgiving break, we had the privilege of having a kids tour with Context Travel, who cater tours for kids (and adults) in cities like...

We recently took our boys to Paris for the first time. One of their favorite experiences was when, like so many other tourists, we carved their initials on a lock...

Next week I have two friends who are separately going to Paris with their families. Since it's often really cold and damp  at this time of year, I figured I would...

If you live in the northeast and are looking for a winter family getaway, you should check out the Chateau Montebello, the world's largest log cabin hotel, located in...

At 6:30pm on Sunday night, our car service would arrive to escort the three of us—me, my husband and my son—to Logan Airport, where we would board a flight to...

This summer I went to Greece with my family, on a road trip through the Peloponnese. One of the many hotels we stayed at, the Costa Navarino, had a kids club that...

I'm very particular about travel, having covered family travel at Cookie for years, and working as a travel writer for a long time. So when I find someone that is...

Last year we stayed in the 19th-century Farmhouse, and despite our magical experience there, this year we decided to try the Grandparents’ house, perfectly situated...

The farmers' market, which happens each Wednesday morning at Sheraton Waikiki, takes sustainable menus and farm-to-table to another level. The menu at the hotel...

Since Alex was a baby, I've been keeping a single Word file with all our packing lists for trips. It is really cute to look back and see the days when he was a few...

My husband has a joke that I start planning every trip the minute we embark on the current one. And true to the cliche, it's funny because it's true. I have a running...

We hear that the Loews Coronado Bay Resort has an Adopt a Tomato Dinner Program and a Adopt a Farmer Program. Looks like all Loews Hotels have the Adopt a Farmer...

I've always dreamed of spending a night in a teepee, so it was that when I found a last-minute opening at the Red Cone Retreat over the fourth of July, I jumped...

It’s close to the middle of summer (sigh), so chances are, you are not in the market to plan a vacation--it's either already been planned, taken, or not happening....

How to get excited about what is under your nose...get one of these passport books, and start filling it up. We bought one in a gift shop of a national park, and...

Over spring break, my co-founder-in-crime and sister-in-law Kelly and I pulled out of Detroit (where it was snowing in mid-April) to embark on an epic design road...

I had this fantasy of turning our cross-country move into the All-American road trip. Perhaps in hopes of disguising the fact that we were leaving our home and not...

It sounds ridiculous, but we often bring a piece off scrap wood to the beach to make Pyramids. Use a business card or credit card to add these flights...

A few years ago, my wife and I and our son Dash (our second son had not yet joined us) got the chance to travel Alaska by train. Whitney and I had long been enamored...

We were in Amsterdam several years ago, and came across this playground in a neighborhood on the outskirts of town, where there were lots of galleries and...

My husband's family has been going to the Chautauqua Institute on Chautauqua Lake in New York every summer for over twenty years. The easiest way I can describe...

Macchu Picchu celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. With this in mind, I dragged my obliging mother, my two young daughters, and myself to a remote town in...

It's so hard to know when you're looking at photos online if a rental house is in fact appropriate for a family. I can assure you that this Tuscan farmhouse--infinity...

You know those penny machines that you find in just about every tourist spot or rest area? We started to collect them on trips back when our daughter was really...

It’s easy to see why people make such a fuss about The Olde Bell Inn—all rush matting, pewter pitchers, colorful Welsh woolen blankets, local high-backed chairs...

This playroom isn't in some thoughtful kid destination that you would expect to find in an affluent suburb. No, it's in the Charles de Gaulle airport in France....

(Dedicated to Irene) When I was pregnant, most of our friends with kids told me and my husband that we would never travel again. Or, if we dared to go someplace...

If ever there was a hotel kids club that should be the new gold standard, it's the one at the Rosewood Mayakoba. It's so smartly designed--right next to the pool,...

Once you arrive in Sayulita, you'll get why photographer Anne Menke and her husband Johann moved their family from New York City a couple years ago, making...

The 250-year-old family-owned Bio-Hotel Stanglwirt in Austria effortlessly blends eco with luxury, and also happens to be among the dreamiest destinations for families,...

Just off the eastern coast of Canada, the home of Anne of Green Gables is the perfect sleepy summer getaway: gentle tides, tolling meadows, fresh seafood galore,...

In the winter of 1979, when I was 8, my family set off from Boston for a vacation at Disney World. On our first day, when the monorail picked us up at our hotel,...

After reading this article in the NY Times, about how babies in Southeast Asia are literally treated like rock stars, I'm so jealous that we didn't do this when...

Imagine staying at a working farm, where your kids learn how to make cheese (prepping them for plan B when you flee conventional urban life). . . but also where...

Turn your kids' princess or knight obsession into a family trip to a real castle. And while most of the world's great castles, especially those you can actually...

Oregon is not all rain, dense forests, and chai-tea stands. Take a trip inland and within 300 miles you'll experience boutique vineyards, lava fields, high-altitude...

Growing up on opposite coasts, my husband and I had parallel fantasies of leaving our suburban childhoods behind for the "civilized" life: We would be rich and European,...

Great DVD series. Even though the narration can be annoying to parents, my daughter knows more about the places they've covered than I do....