Jeffrey Craig Berg

Father, husband, writer, raconteur, programmer, procrastinator, scotch drinker, traveler, cheap spendthrift, vulgarian, low-brow intellectual, wit, doughy version of his teenage self, reserved in his opinions, willing to say anything to anyone, in over his head, swimming against the current, smarter than the average bear, uninformed, self-aware ignoramus, linguaphile, logorrheic, covetous, wannabe ascetic, hard-boiled sentimentalist.

Millers’ Tales

The Ten Best Things To Do With Kids in New Zealand

Taking your kids to New Zealand is sure to give them bragging rights in the school cafeteria. First, it’s a slim chance any of their buddies will have gone – of the more than 200,000 Americans who visited New Zealand last year, only about 5.5% of them were under fifteen – and second, the Kiwis practically invented extreme sports, so if there are daredevils in your troop, they will have opportunities to test their mettle that they’d be hard pressed to find anywhere else. Without a doubt, even the more sedate members of your brood will revel in the coolness of having walked in Frodo’s [...]