Having fun with your family doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg. Skip the expensive water park and the high priced tickets and snacks at the movie theater and give some of these more frugal activities a try.

Anyone who has children certainly has board games. Make a night of it! Pull all of the old board games out of the closet and take turns picking which one to play.

Try going for a hike. Search the Web for hiking trails near you, pack a lunch, and get moving. Take along a book about the local flora and Read the rest of this entry »

With the Internet finding the best prices on hotels has become easier in the past few years. There are many sites you can visit to do a price comparison. You shouldn’t stop there however. Once you get a general idea of the hotel pricing you should call the hotel directly. Sometimes hotels need to make quotas for the amount of rooms they book. If hotels are short for that month, they may give you a great price to get your Read the rest of this entry »

The story of the hamburger goes something like this. 18th century sailors stationed overseas became partial to a German concoction of minced beef and breadcrumbs dubbed the “Hamburg steak.” At the end of the war one enterprising young man began marketing a version of the German style steak in the streets of New York City. In order to make the dish more portable for the bustling lunch crowd he came up with the idea of placing the beef patty on a bun Read the rest of this entry »

Whether you live in the St Paul area or just visiting, breakfast is always a favorite meal and often less expensive then eating out other times of the days. Some people like to make a tradition of going out to breakfast on the weekends. It is an easy and inexpensive meal to bring the kids along. Most of the places you will be going will be kid friendly. Of course there are the big chain restaurants that offer specials, but sometimes the local mom and pop dinners are Read the rest of this entry »