Essays, commentary and rants from Dave Taylor, single dad to three terrific kids, as he navigates the waters of divorce, single fatherhood, and parenting children ranging from 8 to 15.
My Dad lives in Southern California so we visit the area quite frequently, at least twice annually, and in terms of places with things to do, I don’t know that anywhere beats Southern California. Between Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm, Universal Studios, SeaWorld San Diego, the San Diego Zoo, Legoland, and, of course, the beaches and a million [...]
I still haven’t made it to the Real Pirates exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, but my friends that have universally rave about it. Worse is that I actually have free tickets courtesy of Delta Dental of Colorado. Soon. Meanwhile, though, you can also score free tickets and even possibly win a [...]
Don’t start here! This is the fourth part of my (I admit, epic) write-up of our adventures at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. Tickets were supplied by Disney PR and we were the test case: a single dad and his three kids, 14, 10 and 7. To get the full story, I encourage you to [...]
We’d traveled to California, arranged for tickets through Disney PR (thanks, gang!), moved all our stuff into our rooms at the Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel across the street from the main Disney entrance, and even had our warmup day at Disney California Adventure. We were more than ready to enter the fabled, magical world of [...]
An “E” Ticket from Disneyland I grew up in Southern California, so every time someone would visit us, I’d be the designated tour guide, which meant I got to visit Disneyland a lot. In fact, I can remember having a shoebox of ride tickets, ranging from the cheap “A” rides to the expensive “E” tickets [...]
It’s not easy traveling with three kids as a single parent. Older kids seem like they’d be easy, teens who are going to wander off and do their own thing, whether it be lounging at the pool or checking out the local shopping mall. My oldest is almost there at 14, but not quite. The [...]
We’re heading to Disneyland in two days. We is my sister, my three kids (14, 10, 7) and myself. And we’re pretty psyched. It being the 21st Century, though, I’m not interested in pocket-size print books or guides I can keep in my daypack, I’m a smartphone guy and want a smartphone solution. Which means [...]
I’ve been reticent about taking my kids to Disneyland, even though I’m a big fan of the theme park and went there a ton as a kid. We even visit Los Angeles to visit family and generally stay within an hour’s drive of the theme park. My concern? Single dad with three kids at completely [...]
It’s funny the things that pop into my mailbox as a daddy blogger. Too often the messages begin “Dear mommy blogger”, demonstrating a really lazy PR firm or someone who just hasn’t figured out that I’m not the one who birthed my fabulous children but their Dad. Actually, it usually just amuses me, but occasionally [...]
I was in San Diego a week or two ago and rather than just check out Expedia to find a place to stay I contacted a friend at Bailey * Gardiner who arranged for me to get a journalist rate at the Sé San Diego, downtown in the center of urban San Diego, California. Just [...]
