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  • At the Farm Institute on Martha’s Vineyard with the kids
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    At the Farm Institute on Martha’s Vineyard with the kids

    ByEileen Ogintz July 17, 2014July 7, 2021

    Kids learning about food at the Farm Institute on Martha’s Vineyard, MA. These 180 acres at the edge of Edgartown has been farmed since the first Europeans arrived in the 17th Century and before that by the local Wampanoag.

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  • Exploring historic and family-friendly Martha’s Vineyard, MA
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    Exploring historic and family-friendly Martha’s Vineyard, MA

    ByEileen Ogintz July 16, 2014July 12, 2021

    Does a summer night get any better? Not on Martha’s Vineyard at the historic Harbor View Hotel in Edgartown that dates back 123 years. We loved sitting on the rocking chairs on the porch

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  • PLAY BALL!  At the very family-friendly Cape Cod League
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    PLAY BALL! At the very family-friendly Cape Cod League

    ByEileen Ogintz July 15, 2014July 8, 2021

    Tonight they’ve gathered for another Cape tradition—the Cape Cod Baseball League—10 teams comprised of 350 elite college players from around the country who live with 200 local families for the summer season.

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  • Old old-fashioned summer vacation on Cape Cod, MA
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    Old old-fashioned summer vacation on Cape Cod, MA

    ByEileen Ogintz July 14, 2014June 29, 2023

    Cape Cod—more than 550 miles of spectacular coastline in Massachusetts with beaches (the Cape Cod National Seashore), historic light houses, clam shacks, bike trails and summer vacations like they used to be.

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  • More than beaches – Maine’s museums and zoos
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    More than beaches – Maine’s museums and zoos

    ByEileen Ogintz July 11, 2014July 12, 2021

    Taking the Kids Correspondent Andrea Timpano chronicles three days in the beach towns of Maine. Day 3- Ogunquit and York

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  • In the Maine Beach towns – Ogunquit and lobsters
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    In the Maine Beach towns – Ogunquit and lobsters

    ByEileen Ogintz July 10, 2014July 12, 2021

    Taking the Kids Correspondent Andrea Timpano chronicles three days in the beach towns of Maine. Day 2- OGUNQUIT

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  • Three days on the Maine beaches: first stop Old Orchard Beach
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    Three days on the Maine beaches: first stop Old Orchard Beach

    ByEileen Ogintz July 9, 2014July 12, 2021

    Taking the Kids Correspondent Andrea Timpano chronicles three days in the beach towns of Maine. First stop Old Orchard Beach.

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  • Old Saybrook CT: like Cape Cod but without the traffic
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    Old Saybrook CT: like Cape Cod but without the traffic

    ByEileen Ogintz July 7, 2014July 8, 2021

    A short trip to Old Saybrook CT, which dates to 1635 when it was first settled by a company of English puritans. Yale University was founded here.

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  • Flying home upgraded – when travel is a pleasure
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    Flying home upgraded – when travel is a pleasure

    ByEileen Ogintz July 5, 2014July 7, 2021

    It’s our lucky day! We’ve gotten upgraded to Club World on British Airways. We’re not sure how it happened but we’re not complaining.

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  • Speed museum-seeing in Oslo with the OsloPASS
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    Speed museum-seeing in Oslo with the OsloPASS

    ByEileen Ogintz July 4, 2014July 17, 2021

    We were in Oslo at the end of an Adventures by Disney trip to Norway, and thanks to the Oslo Pass that provides admission to more than 30 museums and free public transport (including the ferry to the Viking Museum), we were able to hit four museums in about six available hours.

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