Cooking with the locals on Curacao
By Eileen Ogintz If you want to get the true sense of Curacao, you’ve got to meet locals—local families to be specific. Try a cooking class with Krris Kierindongo. Kierindongo introduces us to his mom and aunt as they are busy chopping herbs, squeezing juice and...
The Amazing Cathedral of Thorns in Curacao
By Eileen Ogintz Think a kind of maze made out of thorns—92 million in fact fashioned into blocks in which art has been inserted, creating an open-air gallery of sorts. “This is an ode to the free spirit,” explains artist Herman Van Bergen, who is Dutch but married to...
Herbal Remedies with a long history on Curacao
By Eileen Ogintz Got pine needles? Brew them into a tea and they could help with Covid-19 respiratory symptoms. We learned this at an eclectic herb garden in the Caribbean. “It’s a very old herbal remedy used...
Bon Bini from Curacao, a gem in the Southern Caribbean
By Eileen Ogintz Bon Bini means welcome in Papiamentu, language of Curacao, a gem of an island with 150,000 people in the Southern Caribbean. Papiamentu emerged as the local language spoken everywhere in this area — from African languages, Spanish, Dutch,...
The Big Apple is back!
By Eileen Ogintz Shops and restaurants are packed again in New York City. So are museums like the American Museum of Natural History with the new Discover the World of Sharks exhibit (love the touchless interactives!) and the renewed Northwest Coast Hall showcasing...
How to ease the Disney experience with small kids
By Eileen Ogintz Who said vacation would be easy with kids? Certainly not at Walt Disney World, especially when it is crowded and over ninety degrees. Certainly not when you have toddlers “It’s hard,” acknowledges Sara Weakley here from Michigan with her husband and...
Away from the crowds in Park City UT
By Eileen Ogintz PARK CITY, UT — Crunch…Crunch. Crunch… The only sound out here in the Uinta National Forest outside of Park City, Utah is our snowshoes on the snow. We’ve signed on for a guided snowshoe with All Seasons Adventures, a local company that also...
Why a vacation rental is great for family trips
By Eileen Ogintz Got your cast iron pan? Your favorite spices? My husband Andy, who loves to cook, has brought his cast iron skillet and his favorite spatula to our Vacasa vacation rental in Park City Utah. Vacasa is the leading vacation rental management...
Snow day in Denver? Head up to Vail
By Eileen Ogintz VAIL, CO — Ruby Gorden, 8, was having the best snow day ever. Denver schools closed for snow, so Ruby, her dad, and younger brother drove up to Vail to spend the day on the slopes. She didn’t mind the two-hour drive, longer because of the...
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- Renovation of Nantucket’s Icon White Elephant December 6, 2022The White Elephant, overlooking the harbor, has been an integral part of Nantucket’s history since the 1920s. The post Renovation of Nantucket’s Icon White Elephant appeared first on Taking The Kids.user
- Kimberley Au: See the Solar Eclipse April 20 2023 December 5, 2022The Ningaloo Eclipse, a hybrid solar eclipse named from an Aboriginal word, will pass over a remote peninsula on Western Australia The post Kimberley Au: See the Solar Eclipse April 20 2023 appeared first on Taking The Kids.user
- Palisades Tahoe Launches the Base to Base Gondola December 4, 2022Palisades Tahoe is slated to debut the long-awaited Base to Base Gondola in mid-December with a full day of festivities to ring in a new era The post Palisades Tahoe Launches the Base to Base Gondola appeared first on Taking The Kids.user
- Burning Boat Festival in Seattle New Years Eve December 3, 2022Explore Seattle Southside is excited to invite locals & visitors to ignite the night at the 1st Des Moines Burning Boat Festival Dec 31 The post Burning Boat Festival in Seattle New Years Eve appeared first on Taking The Kids.user
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- Zoolights returns to Washington DC December 1, 2022Washington D.C.’s free, family-friendly winter wonderland, ZooLights returns to brighten the season at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo . The post Zoolights returns to Washington DC appeared first on Taking The Kids.user
- 2023 programs announced at NYC MOMA November 30, 2022The Museum of Modern Art announces a year of programs slated for 2023 in the Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Studio. The post 2023 programs announced at NYC MOMA appeared first on Taking The Kids.user
- Limited time to book and save on AmaWaterways 2023 November 29, 2022AmaWaterways has unveiled a limited time offer of complimentary land packages on select Europe, Egypt and Mekong River cruises in 2023 The post Limited time to book and save on AmaWaterways 2023 appeared first on Taking The Kids.user