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  • Generations gather at the ballfields in Cooperstown all summer long
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    Generations gather at the ballfields in Cooperstown all summer long

    ByEileen Ogintz July 3, 2014June 29, 2023

    With the families and generations at Cooperstown Dreams Park, which draws 104 Little League baseball teams each week to its 22 pristine fields spread out over 150 acres.

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  • A rainy hike up to a Norwegian fjord country farm
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    A rainy hike up to a Norwegian fjord country farm

    ByEileen Ogintz July 2, 2014July 17, 2021

    We’re at Westeras Farm, which has been in the Westeraas family since the 17th Century, with the Adventures by Disney group touring Norway

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  • Day five in Norway — trout fishing and glacier gazing
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    Day five in Norway — trout fishing and glacier gazing

    ByEileen Ogintz July 1, 2014July 16, 2021

    Fresh trout for lunch? Of course you have to catch them first. And drive two and a half hours on roads with hairpin turns, the fog so thick at times you can barely see in front of you. Good thing I’m not driving!

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  • Riding the roads in Norway’s Western Fjord region
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    Riding the roads in Norway’s Western Fjord region

    ByEileen Ogintz June 30, 2014July 17, 2021

    A day on road with a new Adventures by Disney tour, passing a lot of the sites that inspired the hit movie Frozen —the fjords, the glaciers, the small villages and of course Norway’s famous Stave Churches

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  • In Norway — Not your ordinary Splash Mountains
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    In Norway — Not your ordinary Splash Mountains

    ByEileen Ogintz June 29, 2014July 7, 2021

    No we’re not at Disneyland or Disney World. We’re actually in Norway exploring the famous West Norwegian Fjords with Adventures by Disney and I’ve counted at least 18 waterfalls

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  • Day 2 in Norway – rafting and exploring the Western Fjord region
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    Day 2 in Norway – rafting and exploring the Western Fjord region

    ByEileen Ogintz June 28, 2014July 17, 2021

    We are on the second day of an Adventures by Disney new itinerary designed to show guests not only the glorious fjords and small farming villages of Norway but to explain the inspiration behind the hit film Frozen.

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  • A weeklong tour of Norway’s “Frozen” country with Adventures by Disney
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    A weeklong tour of Norway’s “Frozen” country with Adventures by Disney

    ByEileen Ogintz June 27, 2014July 17, 2021

    I couldn’t have asked for better after arriving in Bergen, Norway this morning to join a new Adventures by Disney tour of this beautiful but sparsely populated country.

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  • Six new places for families to experience a special July 4th
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    Six new places for families to experience a special July 4th

    ByEileen Ogintz June 26, 2014July 10, 2021

    Maybe you will march in a local parade or watch the kids march, host a barbecue or gather the gang to see the fireworks. Here are six unique ways to celebrate July 4.

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  • Atlantis resort exceeds teen’s expectations
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    Atlantis resort exceeds teen’s expectations

    ByEileen Ogintz June 25, 2014October 4, 2023

    Traveling all over the world with my family throughout my 17 years, I had never been to a resort quite like Atlantis.

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  • Families learn about wild animal care at Busch Gardens in Tampa FL
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    Families learn about wild animal care at Busch Gardens in Tampa FL

    ByEileen Ogintz June 24, 2014July 9, 2021

    We’re at Busch Gardens state of the art Animal Care Center where guests can watch the park’s vets do surgeries (like repairing a Bald Eagle’s broken wing), wellness exams and more as the park’s vet team works to keep 1200 animals healthy.

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  • Kids learn to do grownup work at Tampa attractions
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    Kids learn to do grownup work at Tampa attractions

    ByEileen Ogintz June 23, 2014July 17, 2021

    I love it when museums and zoos encourage kids to learn about their own communities—or the communities they are visiting.

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  • How families can get great deals in the Caribbean in summer
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    How families can get great deals in the Caribbean in summer

    ByEileen Ogintz June 19, 2014July 10, 2021

    Many consider summer in the Caribbean family season because rates are significantly lower and there are so many value-added amenities.

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  • Dreams come true for 12 year-olds at Cooperstown Dreams Park
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    Dreams come true for 12 year-olds at Cooperstown Dreams Park

    ByEileen Ogintz June 19, 2014July 8, 2021

    This is the Cooperstown Dreams Park, where every week more than 100 Little League teams comprised of 12 year olds convene for a week of baseball.

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  • Rejuvenating a hotel and town near Cooperstown
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    Rejuvenating a hotel and town near Cooperstown

    ByEileen Ogintz June 18, 2014July 9, 2021

    A New York City expat tells his story of rejuvenating an historic hotel and plans to do the same for the tiny village of Sharon Springs, 25 miles from Cooperstown

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  • Families learn 19th Century farming in Cooperstown NY
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    Families learn 19th Century farming in Cooperstown NY

    ByEileen Ogintz June 17, 2014July 15, 2021

    At the Farmer’s Museum in Cooperstown, NY, Peg Young is making bread, fried bacon and potato balls all over an open fire. There will be rhubarb pie for desert.

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  • Generations love the game — at the Baseball Hall of Fame
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    Generations love the game — at the Baseball Hall of Fame

    ByEileen Ogintz June 16, 2014July 8, 2021

    There is a lot to read at every exhibit at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, celebrating its 75th anniversary this month. This iconic place inspires conversation with parents and grandparents

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  • Kid-friendly Costa Rican resort not typical cookie-cutter
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    Kid-friendly Costa Rican resort not typical cookie-cutter

    ByEileen Ogintz June 12, 2014July 10, 2021

    Alison Tibaldi’s recent visit to the JW Marriott Guanacaste Resort & Spa in Costa Rica was the antithesis of the cookie-cutter experience that you get at some chain hotels.

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  • Why families like ski country in the summer: 6 adventures
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    Why families like ski country in the summer: 6 adventures

    ByEileen Ogintz June 12, 2014July 17, 2021

    Ski country in summer, especially Colorado: you won’t run out of things to do. Many who live in ski towns say they originally came for the snow but stayed because they love the summer

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  • view from Glacier Point over half Dome and Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, United States of America
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    Celebrate Yosemite’s 150th birthday with your family

    ByEileen Ogintz June 5, 2014July 15, 2021

    This month marks the 150th anniversary of the Yosemite Grant Act, which set aside Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove as the first protected wild land in the country — the first time scenic, wilderness lands were set aside specifically for preservation and public use by the federal government.

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  • Beaches Turks and Caicos, a Teen’s POV
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    Beaches Turks and Caicos, a Teen’s POV

    ByEileen Ogintz June 5, 2014July 17, 2021

    After a long and stressful year at college, nothing could have been more eagerly anticipated than a weekend soaking up the sun at Beaches Turks and Caicos with my mom.

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  • Beaches Turks and Caicos, a Mom’s POV
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    Beaches Turks and Caicos, a Mom’s POV

    ByEileen Ogintz June 4, 2014July 17, 2021

    Correspondent Alison Tibaldi recently visited Beaches Turks and Caicos with her teenage daughter, Madeleine. They had never experienced a Mother-Daughter vacation, and the timing was right.

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  • Bringing out the inner child in Turks & Caicos
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    Bringing out the inner child in Turks & Caicos

    ByEileen Ogintz June 3, 2014July 10, 2021

    In the days of being connected 24-7, there is a place where adults can unplug, unwind and become a kid again.

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  • Immigrant history on Manhattan’s Lower East Side
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    Immigrant history on Manhattan’s Lower East Side

    ByEileen Ogintz June 2, 2014July 6, 2021

    The Tenement Museum is the place to learn about the history not only of this neighborhood, but of the pivotal role it has played in New York City’s immigrant history—and continues to play

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  • Theater as a family teaching tool — a visit to see LBJ on Broadway
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    Theater as a family teaching tool — a visit to see LBJ on Broadway

    ByEileen Ogintz May 30, 2014July 5, 2021

    I’ve always been a fan of learning outside the classroom, whether in the wilderness or a city and right now, there is a lot of opportunity in New York to use theater as a teaching tool,

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  • Hoteliers like Kimpton take the stress out of family travel
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    Hoteliers like Kimpton take the stress out of family travel

    ByEileen Ogintz May 30, 2014July 15, 2021

    Kids—and parents–will like that every Kimpton hotel is different. None of their amenities cost the hotel much but they certainly will make a stay memorable—and less stressful—for families.

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  • Hiking in the wildflowers and devouring oysters near Point Reyes CA
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    Hiking in the wildflowers and devouring oysters near Point Reyes CA

    ByEileen Ogintz May 29, 2014June 29, 2023

    It’s all in the technique. That’s what we learn when we destroy two borrowed oyster knives at the Tomales Bay Oyster Farm north of San Francisco in Marin County.

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  • World War II history comes alive for families visiting Normandy
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    World War II history comes alive for families visiting Normandy

    ByEileen Ogintz May 29, 2014July 6, 2021

    June 6 marks the 70th anniversary of D-Day, and many families, even if they can’t visit, will be thinking about grandfathers and great-grandfathers, sons, uncles and cousins who fought and died here.

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  • Kids treated like VIPs at San Francisco hotel
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    Kids treated like VIPs at San Francisco hotel

    ByEileen Ogintz May 28, 2014July 15, 2021

    Everyone likes being treated like VIPS—especially a four year-old staying at the St. Regis San Francisco with her parents and younger sister

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  • Families like to see Alaska from a small ship too
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    Families like to see Alaska from a small ship too

    ByEileen Ogintz May 22, 2014July 16, 2021

    Skip the big ships to see Alaska, Eileen says in this Foxnews.com report.

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  • Six ideas to jumpstart a multigenerational family summer trip
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    Six ideas to jumpstart a multigenerational family summer trip

    ByEileen Ogintz May 22, 2014July 15, 2021

    Is grandma packed? There’s a good chance she and grandpa are going along on your summer vacation whether it’s to a week at the beach, to Yellowstone or Orlando, and there’s also a good chance they’re leading the way — and paying for, or for much of, the trip.

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  • A Family Day in the Erzgebirge Mountains
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    A Family Day in the Erzgebirge Mountains

    ByEileen Ogintz May 19, 2014July 15, 2021

    In two hours, we were immersed in an alpine landscape that looked straight out of “The Sound of Music”.

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  • Families making the most of Disney World with new technology
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    Families making the most of Disney World with new technology

    ByEileen Ogintz May 15, 2014July 15, 2021

    Even the glitteriest magic wand won’t cut it at Walt Disney World these days. But wave a MagicBand and see what happens.

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  • Disney unveiling bigger Fantasyland and Dwarfs’ Mine Train
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    Disney unveiling bigger Fantasyland and Dwarfs’ Mine Train

    ByEileen Ogintz May 14, 2014July 6, 2021

    Walt Disney World’s newest attraction—the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train—set to open May 28—is to become the centerpiece of the New Fantasyland area at the Magic Kingdom.

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  • Orlando for little kids in May. Eileen on Foxnews.com
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    Orlando for little kids in May. Eileen on Foxnews.com

    ByEileen Ogintz May 13, 2014July 16, 2021

    Eileen reports that May is the best month for families to take the littlest kids to Orlando on Foxnews.com Travel.

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  • It’s a Small World: Entertaining families for 50 years!
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    It’s a Small World: Entertaining families for 50 years!

    ByEileen Ogintz May 13, 2014July 6, 2021

    “It’s a Small World” has been entertaining and inspiring millions over the past 50 years since it was first premiered at the 1964 World’s Fair in New York City

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  • Orlando hotels work to give parents of parkgoers a break
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    Orlando hotels work to give parents of parkgoers a break

    ByEileen Ogintz May 12, 2014July 15, 2021

    I love it when hotels make it easy for parents to get a break on vacation. And there’s no place they need one more than Orlando.

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  • In Phoenix: family fun and safety first
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    In Phoenix: family fun and safety first

    ByEileen Ogintz May 9, 2014July 15, 2021

    Yes, it’s hot in Arizona in the summer but rates start at just $109. As long as you keep everyone well-hydrated and smeared in sunscreen, you’ll have lots of fun.

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  • San Francisco is a family foodie town, Eileen reports
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    San Francisco is a family foodie town, Eileen reports

    ByEileen Ogintz May 7, 2014July 16, 2021

    Eileen reports for Foxnews.com on the great places for families to dine in San Francisco.

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  • Families learn about Pandas and environment at the San Diego Zoo
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    Families learn about Pandas and environment at the San Diego Zoo

    ByEileen Ogintz May 7, 2014July 10, 2021

    Zoos — besides being fun places to visit and see amazing creatures like pandas — are also ideal places to teach kids what they can do to help the environment

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  • Boutique Hotel Chains are stepping up their family offerings
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    Boutique Hotel Chains are stepping up their family offerings

    ByEileen Ogintz May 5, 2014July 9, 2021

    The animal crackers and lemonade looked really good sitting there by the front desk in the lobby. A lot of boutique hotels around the world are realizing that making young guests and their parents happy is good business.

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  • Mother’s Day doesn’t have to be just once a year
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    Mother’s Day doesn’t have to be just once a year

    ByEileen Ogintz May 1, 2014June 28, 2023

    Really, any day can be Mother’s Day — like on your next family vacation. All you have to do is declare: “This day is for you, Mom!”

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  • In Orlando, taking your kids to a restaurant is easy
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    In Orlando, taking your kids to a restaurant is easy

    ByEileen Ogintz April 28, 2014July 7, 2021

    Taking young kids to a restaurant on vacation can seem like it is more trouble than it’s worth. The good news is that in Orlando, you can relax.

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  • Eighth grader asks: Is a Disney cruise just for little kids?
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    Eighth grader asks: Is a Disney cruise just for little kids?

    ByEileen Ogintz April 25, 2014February 1, 2024

    The water slide that swung out over the sea, a deck dance party, lots of food and ice cream and this club area just for teens called Vibe. So I felt pretty good about taking my first cruise on a Disney ship for three days.

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  • First time cruiser family checks out the Disney Dream
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    First time cruiser family checks out the Disney Dream

    ByEileen Ogintz April 24, 2014June 29, 2023

    We liked the Disney Dream for our first family cruise because of Disney’s reputation for customer service, the ship’s dedicated teen entertainment area called Vibe and a short three-day Bahamian sail

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  • A place where a private tour makes sense: The Louvre in Paris
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    A place where a private tour makes sense: The Louvre in Paris

    ByEileen Ogintz April 24, 2014July 15, 2021

    The Louvre can be overwhelming for an adult, much less a child. That’s why I figure if you are going to splurge on a private tour, this is a good place to do it.

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  • Tinker til you drop at San Francisco’s Exploratorium
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    Tinker til you drop at San Francisco’s Exploratorium

    ByEileen Ogintz April 17, 2014July 10, 2021

    Step right into the Tinkering Studio at San Francisco’s Exploratorium where you can tinker until you make lights go on and buzzers sound, make music on a musical bench or create a toothpick sculpture, inspired by the giant toothpick sculpture “Rolling Through the Bay.”

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  • Boston’s Freedom Trail: Where families travel back in time
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    Boston’s Freedom Trail: Where families travel back in time

    ByEileen Ogintz April 10, 2014July 15, 2021

    Welcome to Boston’s Freedom Trail, the 2.5-mile-long route over cobble-stoned streets that lets you travel back in time to when Boston was still a colony and people argued about what to do about the increasingly difficult demands from the king of England.

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  • San Francisco’s North Beach: a fun area for family touring
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    San Francisco’s North Beach: a fun area for family touring

    ByEileen Ogintz April 10, 2014July 8, 2021

    North Beach, of course, is not a beach but a famous San Francisco neighborhood first settled by Italian fisherman and laborers in the early years of the 20th century.

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  • Children’s Creativity Museum: A San Francisco family treat
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    Children’s Creativity Museum: A San Francisco family treat

    ByEileen Ogintz April 9, 2014July 8, 2021

    The Children’s Creativity Museum in downtown San Francisco right at Yerba Buena Gardens, is unlike any children’s museum I’ve ever seen. For one thing, it appeals to all ages.

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  • Eileen’s top Europe cruise picks on Foxnews.com
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    Eileen’s top Europe cruise picks on Foxnews.com

    ByEileen Ogintz April 8, 2014July 16, 2021

    Eileen discusses the Best of European Cruises on Foxnews.com travel.

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