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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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