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About 10 years ago, when my husband and I moved back to New Jersey from Philadelphia, we spent some time living in Mantoloking. This is one of those tiny Jersey Shore towns that is full of visiting families in the summer and completely empty in the winter. You can...
A funny thing happened the other night. I was putting Wes down to sleep, singing and rocking and such. As I placed him down in his crib, I whispered I like you. As soon as I said it, I laughed aloud in the quiet, dark room. I always told Wes I loved him before leaving...
About a month ago we headed south on the Parkway to destroy some White House subs and attend the Atlantic City RV show. It was freezing cold outside--so the combo of classic roadfood and indoor motorhome window shopping made for a great day. We strolled up and down...
John and Cathy are experienced international RV travelers. They are currently exploring New Zealand in a rented campervan and have agreed to blog about their adventures. Here is the next installment... Our trip began in Los Angeles, or more correctly, Santa Monica,...
Even though they say we might be getting more snow, I'm closing the door on this winter. Tonight Max argued with me vigorously about when the first day of spring is. He insisted it is tomorrow. For a moment I actually thought about giving in and letting him win. Yes...
To celebrate Roadfood's recent selection of White House Subs to their top 100 "must-visit stops" the campers decided to go directly to the source for a classic Jersey Shore munchdown. Last fall we headed to their Taj Mahal location to get our primordial eat on--but...
It's pretty bad around here, folks. Our boys are so desperate for the road that they are building 'campgrounds' out of their Megablocks and Spinaroos. Jeremy took the camper down to the dealership for a bit of a freshening up this weekend, and something about the act...
My day started at 5:30 this morning. I was on my way to work by 6:50, getting the kids from school at 4:00, eating dinner at 5:30, and baths and bed by 7:00. In between all of these major checkpoints, there was lunch packing and dish unloading and oatmeal making and...
Thanks to Clarkson Potter, publisher of the 9th edition of Roadfood, for providing us with 2 copies of this fantastic book to give away to our readers. Enter to win by liking one of the Roadfood posts on Facebook, or you can comment on this post. You get an additional...
It's going to snow again tonight at the Jersey Shore. Enough I say! ENOUGH!!! When I spot that first seemingly innocent, seemingly cute snowflake I am going to go out into my backyard, shake my fists at the heavens, curse the Polar Vortex, and demand the immediate...
