Vacations became even more important when my sons became teenagers and spent less and less time with us. While traveling, it was just the four of us, and for better or worse, it was like old times again. Some of our best conversations are bringing up highlights of past trips.

Described as a cross between Lost and NYPD Blue, Life on Mars has great potential to be the next hot show that everyone will be buzzing about. The series starts out in 2008 with NYPD Detective Sam Tyler (Jason O'Mara) is hit by a car and suddenly sent back to 1973. The culture shock, as well as the differences in the way that police conduct business, is extreme.