This section chronicles our family’s love of escape rooms, from cracking a record 23 rooms in 2025 (82 total since 2016) to quirky trip logs detailing each puzzle, travel stop and post‑game reflection. It’s an ever‑growing diary of teamwork, hints and shared victories.
Weather: Hot and hot Amazing breakfast at iQ Motel Catch express train 8803 from Milan to Modena for Ferrari Day! Walk out of train station wrong way because of cute train mural on walls Walk to Enzo Ferrari Museam Briefly explore the smaller side of museam Shuttle to Maranello …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 10We completed the Birth Machine room at Mad Machines in Milan, Italy! This is the 4th ranked escape room in the world and we had a great time. The subject of the room was fun and “unique”, and the puzzles were so well done! 🧩 Room 51!
Weather: Warm and sunny in the morning. Breakfast in Soglio and sending goodbyes to our hiking group: Dave, Erik, Gary, and Theresa 👋 Tammy and kids explore Soglio while Jamie has a cappuccino and tended to tasks on the deck 🚌 B 632 to Promontogna nice and easy with bus waiting …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 9Today we celebrated Mazie’s 18th Birthday! Both of the kids are out of school, and I took the day off, so we were able to make the day extra special for Mazie. Tammy had the awesome idea of reliving each of Mazie’s 17 preceding birthdays! She wrote out a brief remembrance of each …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Mazie Turns 18Rained all day. 18,065 steps. Yummy Liberty Bagels. Walked to B&H.. Ducked into Whole Foods to escape rain, got hot chocolate. Walked to High Line. Departed High Line for Chelsea Market. Explored Chelsea Market, including cheeseburger and book store. Stop at Apple Store 14th …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Tammy's NYC Birthday Trip Day 3We successfully escaped from the Playground room at The Escape Game in New York! It was a fun room with a wide variety of puzzles to solve. It took a while for us to get momentum, but with some time (and some clues) we got going and escaped with exactly 1 minute on the clock! Room 49!
21,964 steps. 11.48 miles. Andrew’s NYC for breakfast but too busy. Paris Baguette for mochi donut. Angelina for absolutly perfect macarons. Wow. Blue Bottle for cappuccino. Blocked by NYC Half-Marathon. Take R train to 57th Street. Nintendo Store for tons of shopping. Apple …
Keep reading · 1 minute: New York 2023 - Day 2Tyler and I successfully solved the Sugar Rush room at Exit Escape Room NYC! We had 3m 3s time remaining on the clock. Doing puzzle rooms with just two people isn’t easy but we got it! Room 48!
Tyler enjoys escape rooms and for his birthday we went to Mission Manor and did Countdown! We had a slow start with not much happening the first few minutes. There were a lot of locks and obvious clues, but it wasn’t clear what to do with them. Then we started rolling and we …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Countdown at Mission MannerI was pondering cool things that POAPs could have and three ideas came to mind. POAPs with Backs! POAPs are a bit like challenge coins, and physical coins have a front and a back. Why not support two images for POAPs so they have a front and a back. This would be cool to flip …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: POAP Extensions