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  • Five favorite urban parks for families to visit this spring
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    Five favorite urban parks for families to visit this spring

    ByEileen Ogintz March 17, 2016July 9, 2021

    Urban parks have lots to offer visiting families — not the least of which is the chance to meet local families, or the chance to learn more about the city at a local museum.

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  • Vacationing like a 1 percenter in a staffed villa in Jamaica
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    Vacationing like a 1 percenter in a staffed villa in Jamaica

    ByEileen Ogintz March 10, 2016July 7, 2021

    It’s easy to see why these vacations are so popular with multigenerational families. No one is doing all the chores that typically come with a house rental.

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  • Bringing City of Light to City of Stars
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    Bringing City of Light to City of Stars

    ByEileen Ogintz March 8, 2016July 8, 2021

    The Walt Disney Concert Hall never fails to deliver exquisite music to its audience, especially with the current on-going concert series: City of Lights: A Century of Music From Paris.

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  • Affordable Aspen – families enjoying the amenities and vibes of the famous ski town
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    Affordable Aspen – families enjoying the amenities and vibes of the famous ski town

    ByAndy Yemma March 7, 2016November 10, 2025

    Lest you think Aspen is only for celebs and wealthy Hollywood types, there’s plenty affordable here—starting with the Limelight Hotel with rates under $200 a night

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  • Angeleno Goes Full Cowboy in Colorado
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    Angeleno Goes Full Cowboy in Colorado

    ByEileen Ogintz March 6, 2016June 28, 2023

    At the Vista Verde Guest Ranch, it turns ranch life ain’t so bad. It also turns out, a city slicker can really look really really ridiculously awesome wearing a Cowboy hat.

    At the Vista Verde Guest Ranch

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  • In Aspen, a hotel with great vibes and amenities – The Limelight
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    In Aspen, a hotel with great vibes and amenities – The Limelight

    ByEileen Ogintz March 4, 2016July 17, 2021

    We’re atop Ajax—as Aspen Mountain is known—with just a handful of others for “First Tracks” at 8:15 a.m.—before the Mountain has opened.

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  • Families Celebrating St. Patricks Day in Dublin
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    Families Celebrating St. Patricks Day in Dublin

    ByEileen Ogintz March 3, 2016June 28, 2023

    Got your green on? You’ll want it if you are heading to Dublin this month, especially during the four-day St. Patrick’s Day festivities.

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  • The mountain or the ranch – so many great choices
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    The mountain or the ranch – so many great choices

    ByEileen Ogintz March 3, 2016July 17, 2021

    The staff at Vista Verde Ranch, about 25 miles outside the ski town of Steamboat Springs has obligingly left us an Evening Sky Map for this month.

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  • A visit to Strawberry Hot Spring Park in Colorado
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    A visit to Strawberry Hot Spring Park in Colorado

    ByEileen Ogintz March 2, 2016July 2, 2024

    Nestled in the hills about 10 miles outside the town of Steamboat Springs, Strawberry Hot Springs is a natural hot springs fed by heated underground aquifers that come to the surface to make a number of heated pools

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  • Combining ski vacation and dude ranch in the Colorado Rockies
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    Combining ski vacation and dude ranch in the Colorado Rockies

    ByEileen Ogintz March 1, 2016July 2, 2023

    This year, I decided to mix it up—opting to spend half our winter ski week at a dude ranch, Vista Verde Ranch, on 500-plus gorgeous acres about 25 miles outside of Steamboat Springs and as far away from the crowds and tumult of a major ski area as you can get.

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  • Winter Park’s adaptive sports program changes lives for disabled kids and adults
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    Winter Park’s adaptive sports program changes lives for disabled kids and adults

    ByEileen Ogintz February 29, 2016July 14, 2021

    By Eileen Ogintz WINTER PARK, CO – Fifteen-year-old Kati Leasure can’t walk or talk very well and has progressive loss of muscle control as a…

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  • Taking the stroller set to Disney World and Orlando
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    Taking the stroller set to Disney World and Orlando

    ByEileen Ogintz February 25, 2016July 14, 2021

    Who knew that Walt Disney World had so many attractions for the littlest park goers not yet in kindergarten — 80, with more coming this summer when the much-anticipated “Frozen Ever After” family adventure opens in Epcot’s Norway Pavilion.

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  • Storytime at New Orleans Museum of Art
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    Storytime at New Orleans Museum of Art

    ByEileen Ogintz February 24, 2016July 8, 2021

    Head to the New Orleans Museum of Art on select Saturday mornings where authors, actors and artists read or act out a story followed by a family art activity.

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  • China Lights brighten the night in New Orleans through May 1
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    China Lights brighten the night in New Orleans through May 1

    ByEileen Ogintz February 23, 2016July 9, 2021

    Welcome to China Lights, the exhibit of more than 30 bright silk-covered structures that will light up the Botanical Garden in New Orleans’ City Park through May 1.

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  • Huge Expansion at National WWII Museum, New Orleans
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    Huge Expansion at National WWII Museum, New Orleans

    ByEileen Ogintz February 22, 2016July 8, 2021

    Welcome to The National WWII Museum’s newest exhibit: The Road to Tokyo which retraces the soldiers’ journey from Pearl Harbor ultimately to Tokyo Bay by many routes in Asia and the Pacific

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  • Warm Up Under The Big Top – Big Apple Circus
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    Warm Up Under The Big Top – Big Apple Circus

    ByEileen Ogintz February 18, 2016July 8, 2021

    What to do on one of the coldest weekends so far this winter? Stay in and curl up with some hot chocolate? No! Head out to see the Big Apple Circus’ fantastic show The Grand Tour.

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  • Zika virus and spring break: how to keep safe
    Beach Vacations | Destinations | Families & Groups | Parks & Outdoors | Weekly Column

    Zika virus and spring break: how to keep safe

    ByEileen Ogintz February 18, 2016July 17, 2021

    A lot of families are concerned about spring break plans as the Zika virus continues to spread through the Caribbean and Mexico — popular spring break destinations for families, as well as their college students.

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  • 10 ways to save money on spring break
    Families & Groups | Cruises & All-Inclusive | Destinations | Getting There | Lodging | Weekly Column

    10 ways to save money on spring break

    ByEileen Ogintz February 11, 2016June 28, 2023

    on vacation, free is great — a lot better than paying for meals the kids don’t eat, theme park tickets when they’d rather play in the hotel pool or museum entry fees when they are ready to leave in less than an hour.

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  • Meeting the locals in Jamaica: a great family experience
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    Meeting the locals in Jamaica: a great family experience

    ByEileen Ogintz February 4, 2016July 8, 2021

    We were brought together by a volunteer program called Meet the People, which has been bringing tourists and locals together for more than 50 years over a shared interest — in our case, cooking and food. meeting the locals in Jamaica Did I mention the program is free? The volunteers will even come and pick you up.

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  • The Zika virus and family travel: what you should know
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    The Zika virus and family travel: what you should know

    ByEileen Ogintz January 30, 2016July 5, 2021

    You don’t want to go anywhere that will endanger your pregnancy. It’s always wise to be somewhere that has top medical care when you need it. That’s also true when traveling with infants who can get very sick very quickly.

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