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  • Aboard the USS Iowa searching for a charming mutt named Vicky
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    Aboard the USS Iowa searching for a charming mutt named Vicky

    ByEileen Ogintz December 12, 2014July 10, 2021

    The USS Iowa, now a museum in Los Angeles Harbor, has a storied history but the story of its mascot, a little mutt named Vicky, charms visitors of all ages.

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  • At Disneyland without the kids?  Like yeah!
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    At Disneyland without the kids? Like yeah!

    ByEileen Ogintz December 11, 2014July 8, 2021

    It might seem counterintuitive, but this past trip to Disneyland, we opted for grownups-only visit to the home of everyone’s favorite Mouse to take in all the holiday decorations.

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  • Mixing American history with holiday fun in Valley Forge and Philadelphia
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    Mixing American history with holiday fun in Valley Forge and Philadelphia

    ByEileen Ogintz December 11, 2014July 6, 2021

    Every Dec. 19, an annual event commemorates the arrival of the rag-tag Continental Army to Valley Forge PA, and its determination to persevere against hardship to become the first American Army.

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  • A Sunday brunch to die for at the famed Hotel del Coronado in San Diego
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    A Sunday brunch to die for at the famed Hotel del Coronado in San Diego

    ByEileen Ogintz December 10, 2014July 12, 2021

    At the Hotel del Coronado’s famed Sunday Brunch there are over 100 items to choose from—freshly made ceviche and crab legs, calamari salad, fresh oysters and smoked salmon, trout, prime rib, ham and smoked turkey carved in front of us. That’s just to start!

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  • Relaxing and thinking fitness at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in CA
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    Relaxing and thinking fitness at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in CA

    ByEileen Ogintz December 9, 2014July 6, 2021

    The Omni La Costa in Carlsbad CA is considered a top wellness resort in the country with a fitness center, expansive spa with its own pool as well as café, yoga center, golf and tennis.

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  • Kids rule at London’s newly expanded Imperial War Museum
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    Kids rule at London’s newly expanded Imperial War Museum

    ByEileen Ogintz December 4, 2014July 15, 2021

    Follow the local kids. That’s a good plan when you are exploring a new city with your gang. That’s what we did recently at the newly expanded Imperial War Museum in London, which was teeming with enthusiastic British families.

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  • WOW moments on Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas
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    WOW moments on Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas

    ByEileen Ogintz November 27, 2014July 7, 2021

    Royal Carribbean’s new Quantum of the Seas is the first in a new class of cruise ships that the company says it going to up the number of WOW moments on every family’s vacation.

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  • How to light up your family’s holidays this season
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    How to light up your family’s holidays this season

    ByEileen Ogintz November 20, 2014July 2, 2023

    Since holiday lights have become more and more festive each year, create new traditions to see them, even as early as Thanksgiving weekend, wherever you find yourselves.

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  • Kids conquering fears and having fun on a canopy tour in Pennsylvania
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    Kids conquering fears and having fun on a canopy tour in Pennsylvania

    ByEileen Ogintz November 15, 2014October 4, 2023

    We were at Spring Mountain, a modest ski area just outside Philadelphia but a mighty fine adventure place for a canopy tour with four expert guides — and six high-school scholars

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  • Learning Revolutionary War history in Valley Forge PA
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    Learning Revolutionary War history in Valley Forge PA

    ByEileen Ogintz November 14, 2014July 17, 2021

    On a beautiful fall day, the contrast could not have been more different than what George Washington and his Continental Army found here in Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-78

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  • The beauty, charm and eco-friendliness of Nicaragua
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    The beauty, charm and eco-friendliness of Nicaragua

    ByEileen Ogintz November 13, 2014July 17, 2021

    The San Francisco family was inspired to come to Nicaragua by friends who had visited with their kids, they said, and didn’t want to spend all their time on the beach — as gorgeous as it is

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  • Cheesesteak and history for all – fun in Philadelphia with teenaged boys
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    Cheesesteak and history for all – fun in Philadelphia with teenaged boys

    ByEileen Ogintz November 13, 2014July 9, 2021

    Cheesesteak and ice cream. The Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution and a galaxy of top-flight colleges… that’s what we found on a whirlwind day in Philadelphia with a group of teenaged boys.

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  • Enjoying our last night Italy and finding very-hard-to-find bad pizza
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    Enjoying our last night Italy and finding very-hard-to-find bad pizza

    ByEileen Ogintz November 7, 2014July 15, 2021

    Now, I’m determined to enjoy our last night in Italy—and it would be hard not to at the Four Seasons Milan — considered by those in the know as one of Italy’s top city hotels.

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  • Learning how to “e-bike” in the Lake Garda Region of Italy
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    Learning how to “e-bike” in the Lake Garda Region of Italy

    ByEileen Ogintz November 6, 2014June 28, 2023

    Before setting out to sample how Austin Adventures runs cycling tours in Europe, I should have — as they suggest — practiced on my bike at home. I didn’t. So I have no one to blame for my skinned knees but myself.

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  • Families love the greatly expanded National World War II Museum in New Orleans
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    Families love the greatly expanded National World War II Museum in New Orleans

    ByEileen Ogintz November 6, 2014July 15, 2021

    There are dented helmets, letters home, photographs, flight jackets and K rations, complete with chocolate bars and gum.

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  • Riding bikes in the Alps: our Italy adventure moves to Lake Garda
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    Riding bikes in the Alps: our Italy adventure moves to Lake Garda

    ByEileen Ogintz November 5, 2014June 28, 2023

    Yes the Alps. We’re out for our Sunday ride in Italy with my friend Ron van Dijk who directs European Operations for Austin Adventures and has been leading bike trips in Europe for more than 30 years

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  • Salamanders, giants, horses — a Renaissance palace
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    Salamanders, giants, horses — a Renaissance palace

    ByEileen Ogintz November 4, 2014July 6, 2021

    How many salamanders can you find? There are dozens carved into fireplaces hidden in paintings in the Palazzo Te in Mantova in northern Italy, a gem of a Renaissance City as yet undiscovered by American tourists.

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  • Mantova Italy – a hidden gem of history, art, music and literature
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    Mantova Italy – a hidden gem of history, art, music and literature

    ByEileen Ogintz October 31, 2014June 28, 2023

    We stay in Mantova, between Milan and Venice and near Verona, an off-the-tourist-track town that has an amazing history in art, music and literature. Shakespeare wrote that Romeo bought his poison here.

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  • Take it from the kids: San Francisco is a foodie’s paradise
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    Take it from the kids: San Francisco is a foodie’s paradise

    ByEileen Ogintz October 30, 2014July 10, 2021

    “Dim Sum is one of my favorite foods. Everyone likes Dim Sum!” said Andy, 14, one of the many local kids who contributed their ideas on what kids like for my new “Kid’s Guide to San Francisco.”

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  • Aging cheese, lots of cheese, at a special artisan shop in Italy
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    Aging cheese, lots of cheese, at a special artisan shop in Italy

    ByEileen Ogintz October 30, 2014July 15, 2021

    Welcome to Luigi Guffanti 1876 in the northern Italian town of Arona that has been buying cheese from the same production sites since 1876, then refining them in special “caves,” sometimes for years before they are sold around the world. They are artisans and specialists who oversee more than more than 200 kinds of cheese here.

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