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Celebrating 25 year anniversary with my wife. We are doing a multi day Duvine bike trip in Sonoma before we hit Big Sur. Any suggestions of places to stay? Hikes to do? We are dropping some major coin on the bike trip and a few days in SF so Im trying to avoid the $1500/night place my...

We need to get away this summer and are thinking of an all inclusive type place in Wyoming near Tetons. Would be for 4 of us (adults, 18 YO, 13 YO) and would look for a lot of activities (riding, biking, hiking, skeet shooting, fishing, etc). Anyone ever do something like this?

My son is a rising senior in HS and wants to play college football. D3 is a no brainer and he'd have multiple options. He also has some interest from FCS schools like Davidson and Lehigh. He loves Wake and may get in based on academics (its a good target school). He's big (6-4, 230) and has...

My 14 YO is getting into vinyl and wants a turntable for his birthday. We have an old stereo system (Yamaha receiver, Klipsch speakers) that I assume I can just buy a new turntable for. It also looks like you can get new turntables with an amp built in and just link to the speakers Anyone...

My wife has taken up golf (lucky me)....I got her a basic set of women's clubs ($200 with bag, etc). She's tall an lanky (again, lucky me) and the clubs appear too short. She's taken lessons and they all say she needs longer clubs. I assume all women's clubs would be too short for her but her...

Has anyone gone through this? I've had terrible achilles pain for close to a year. PT has down little to make it better. Actually its gotten worse. In a boot now but the surgeon is talking surgery (he's been anti surgery up to now). Pre boot, Ive been limping my way through the day. The...

Planning our Hawaii summer vacation. Any suggestions for must do things in Maui with kids (12 & 8). Trying to also figure out where to stay and am thinking a condo on the west side though open to a resort. Will likely spend a few days in Kauai too. As always, appreciate all advice.

Anyone's kids go to Coaches summer camp? My 11 YO went to Roy Willams camp (we live in CH), and in addition to getting some AP credit for when he enrolls, he had a blast. He wants to go again but also go to Wake's camp next year and I was curious how it is? The UNC one is overnight, they...

Took the family skiing last year to Park City and had a great time. Went to Canyons which is really perfect for us, lots of intermediate terrain, good resort vibe, ski in/out, great ski school etc. Plus Park City was just a great town. Want to go out west again late winter, and are debating...

My wife wants an acoustic guitar. She's never played. But she has a musical background and will most likely ilke it, take lessons, etc. Anything I should look for? How much should I expect to pay? Thanks in advance...

I took a long time off my from playing golf, 10+ years. My son (11, thus the reason I took so long off) went to golf camp this summer and LOVED it so we have played a few times recently. I kind of want to start playing again. My clubs are old Calloway x-12 irons with Memphis 10 shafts. I also...

I've been getting an increasing # of awful, debilitating, "bat to head" headaches. My primary care doc diagnosed these as classic migraines (light sensitivity, pain only on one side of the head, numb face, etc). I used to think migraines were a made up thing but after getting some, I am now...

My 10 YOs best friend dropped my sons ipad and cracked the screen. It still works but its in really bad shape. Apple has a replacement program ($250) but was curious if anyone has used an off market screen replacement. I have no technical skills so this job will be outsourced. Thanks.

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Over the past 6 months, Ive gotten 3 calls from Bank of America telling me that my debit card has been possibly compromised. In one case, there were unauthorized charges (small) but in the other 2 there weren't. BOA has been surprisingly great to deal with. Fast, proactive, easy. But...

Need some ideas. Have a 6 YO girl and a 10 YO boy. Looking for a family spring break. Every kid in Chapel Hill is leaving for Spring Break and the idea of spending the week with no friends around scares us... Recently, we've hit Socal, gone skiing, spent a few days in Williamsburg and gone...

Any suggestions? Brother in law lives there but has no kids, is clueless when it comes to kids and will plan when we arrive. Planning on sea world and of course the zoo. Will also tour Stone brewery. Thinking of Tijuana for the kids so they can learn the trade Thanks in advance.

A few months ago, we had a pretty interesting thread on adoption, both folks who were adopted and parents who adopted. We have a 5 YO adopted daughter from Vietnam. We are as Swedish looking as you can get so she's pretty aware she's different. We also talk a lot about her being adopted and...

Im a vocal opponent of the ACA. Its a bad law that has a negative impact on medical trend and will do little to control costs. BUT its the law and its gonna happen. So whats does the NC legislature do? It votes to cease all funding of NCs partnership exchange, punting ALL responsibility back...

The recent thread on parenting got me thinking about people's experiences with their kids and sports. I have a 9 YO an am somewhat amazed at the intensity of athletics this age. My son loves sports and is above average in athleticism but is certainly not a phenom, far from it. My wife and I...