Checking out the food scene on Kauai
By Eileen Ogintz Taro Burger anyone? With a kombucha chaser? We’ve signed on for a Tasting Kauai food tour in the tiny North Shore town of Kilauea. Kauai is one of the Kilauea is about a half hour drive from where we are staying at the idyllic Hanalei Colony Resort,...
Taking the kids to a fall festival
By Eileen Ogintz Tribune Content Agency Trailing sheep, mating elk, or maybe tarantulas? They are the subjects of popular fall festivals, along with apples, pumpkins, cranberries, brats and beer, pirates, starry skies and even covered bridges. Fall festivals are back...
MEOW WOLF Denver: an otherworldly experience
By Eileen Ogintz Tribune Content Agency Imagine a cosmic event where everyone lost their memories and memories become valuable currency. Imagine four alien worlds joined together. Imagine a place where each of you will have a different experience as you explore...
Flying into Denver? Check out the Stanley Marketplace
By Andy Yemma Denver International Airport is one of the nation’s busiest, and many who fly into DIA head straight to the mountains, missing some great metro attractions. One of them is Stanley Marketplace, a community of more than 50 independently owned...
To Orlando in fall with young kids
By Eileen Ogintz Tribune Content Agency If you think Orlando with toddlers and preschoolers is a nonstarter, think again. “The Magic outweighs the temper tantrums,” said Melanie Reynolds, here with her 20-month-old from Wisconsin. “There are so many moments when I’ve...
The Galapagos Islands — not cheap, not luxurious, but oh the wildlife and the memories!
Our family with a giant tortoise in the Galapagos Islands 2006 Originally posted May 16, 2011 By Eileen Ogintz The teen stomped around squawking. His mom wasn’t home and his dad gave up trying to help. Could be any household where homework is lost in cyberspace or...
The Chick Flies the Coop
Ballymaloe House In Ireland Originally posted May 27, 2010 By Eileen Ogintz “This is going to be the first time truly putting my travel skills from growing up to the test but I know it is just the beginning,” my youngest daughter Mel wrote in the “thank you” note she...
Two weeks in France visiting Paris, champagne country and Normandy via river cruise
Originally posted 2013 By Eileen OgintzDAY ONE — PARIS — Claude Monet certainly knew what he was talking about. The area in the Musee de L’Orangerie in Paris that he created to showcase his famous Water Lilies is meant, he said then, to create a space...
To Norway, the land of fjords, ‘Frozen’ and family fun
Borgund Stave Church dates to 1180 Originally posted 2015 By Eileen Ogintz Tribune Content Agency No, not the Splash Mountain in Walt Disney World or Disneyland, we’re actually in Norway touring the gorgeous fjords with Adventures by Disney where one waterfall is...
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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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- Finding the best holiday gifts for your favorite travelers December 1, 2022There is something wonderful—even magical—watching someone you love opening a gift they love and will use again and again The post Finding the best holiday gifts for your favorite travelers appeared first on Taking The Kids.user
- 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