Manhattan Kayak: Sightseeing from a New Perspective

By Sarah Martin HoodJuly 10, 2019July 10, 2019 active lifestyle, adventure travel, canoeing & kayaking, travel colt, intrepid, jeff, kayak, manhattan, new york city, NYC, SUP 1 Comment

NYC is one of my favorite cities and no stranger to the Hood family. Jeff and I went for a Yankees game years ago, three years ago I took Colt on (what would become) our first…

Seinfeld Night with The Mets

By Sarah Martin HoodJuly 7, 2019July 8, 2019 travel with kids baseball, colt, jeff, jerry seinfeld, keith hernandez, mets, new york city, NYC, seinfeld 1 Comment

June 14, 1987. Mets. Phillies. We’re enjoying a beautiful afternoon in the right field stands when a crucial Hernandez error opens the door to a 5-run Phillies 9th – cost the Mets the game. Our…

Colt in the Big Apple, Part 4: Last Stop

By Sarah Martin HoodJuly 21, 2016November 4, 2018 motherhood, travel with kids colt, Coney Island, new york city, NYC, Top of the Rock 2 Comments

This post is part of a series. Click here to start at the beginning. [typography font=”Schoolbell” size=”36″ size_format=”px” color=”#8c0510″]Day 4[/typography] We watched the weather all week. We’d had mostly heat, a bit of rain, and…

Colt in the Big Apple, Part 3: Lady Liberty

By Sarah Martin HoodJuly 19, 2016November 4, 2018 motherhood, travel with kids brooklyn bridge, colt, ellis island, federal hall, new york city, NYC, statue of liberty 1 Comment

This post is part of a series. Click here to start at the beginning. [typography font=”Schoolbell” size=”36″ size_format=”px” color=”#8c0510″]Day 3[/typography] We went to bed as early as we could the night before so we’d be…

Colt in the Big Apple, Part 2: Upper West Side

By Sarah Martin HoodJuly 17, 2016November 4, 2018 motherhood, travel with kids american museum of natural history, central park, colt, new york city, NYC 1 Comment

This post is part of a series. Click here to start at the beginning. [typography font=”Schoolbell” size=”36″ size_format=”px” color=”#8c0510″]Day 2[/typography] The first day of our trip may have been one of the longest days of…

Colt in the Big Apple, Part 1: First-timer

By Sarah Martin HoodJuly 15, 2016November 4, 2018 motherhood, travel with kids colt, legos, new york city, NYC Leave a comment

I’ve been waiting patiently for this. Waiting for your attention span to lengthen. Waiting for your tolerance of exhaustion to rise. Waiting for your legs to get strong enough for back-to-back days of walking. Waiting…