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  • “The Power of Play” at Boston Children’s Museum
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    “The Power of Play” at Boston Children’s Museum

    ByEileen Ogintz July 29, 2013July 8, 2021

    The kids at the huge waterfront museum were too busy having fun—from the toddlers in the PlaySpace wheeling mini grocery carts to the grade schoolers making their way up the soaring three story climbing structure. That’s the point as the museum celebrates it’s centennial.

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  • An unexpected find in Indianapolis – a foodie’s paradise
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    An unexpected find in Indianapolis – a foodie’s paradise

    ByEileen Ogintz July 28, 2013July 5, 2021

    But what I didn’t expect to find on my visit to Indianapolis was a place of second and third acts in life—successful second and third acts. Local farmers markets (there’s one just outside the door certain days of the week) and city markets like this give you a chance to meet locals wherever you are vacationing.

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  • An old-fashioned family getaway in Maine
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    An old-fashioned family getaway in Maine

    ByEileen Ogintz July 25, 2013July 7, 2021

    Maine is the kind of place for an old-fashioned family vacation with the chance to learn something new, whether you’re going fishing, stand-up paddle-boarding for the first time or maybe learning how to catch — and eat a lobster.

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  • USA Today on whether hotels are family-friendly; Eileen quoted
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    USA Today on whether hotels are family-friendly; Eileen quoted

    ByEileen Ogintz July 22, 2013July 16, 2021

    Eileen in quoted in USA Today column on how family-friendly some hotels are or are not.

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  • Tragedy on a Texas roller-coaster a reminder to practice theme park safety
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    Tragedy on a Texas roller-coaster a reminder to practice theme park safety

    ByEileen Ogintz July 21, 2013July 5, 2021

    It’s important to remember that as awful as the roller-coaster accident at Six Flags Over Texas was, fatalities or even injuries are not common on theme park rides. According to the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, the chance of being seriously injured on a ride at a fixed-site park in the United States is one in 24 million; only 61 of the 1,415 ride-related injuries –less than 5 per cent required overnight hospital treatment.

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  • What to do when it rains on your family’s long-awaited vacation
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    What to do when it rains on your family’s long-awaited vacation

    ByEileen Ogintz July 18, 2013July 15, 2021

    Sometimes when the weather interferes with your plans, it’s best to move on to Plan B. Rain has sent us racing to the nearest B-and-B when we were camping in New Hampshire. (A hot shower never felt so good!) We literally flew to Oahu when the forecast was better there than the continued wet weather we were experiencing on Kauai.

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  • Remembering a special small cruise in Alaska’s Inside Passage
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    Remembering a special small cruise in Alaska’s Inside Passage

    ByEileen Ogintz July 14, 2013July 17, 2021

    I understand why the Native Tlingits called glaciers “white thunder.” We see harbor seals lounging on chunks of blue ice in the water. The glacier looks like blue cotton candy with chocolate sprinkles.

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  • Eileen talks about a family RV camping trip on Foxnews.com
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    Eileen talks about a family RV camping trip on Foxnews.com

    ByEileen Ogintz July 12, 2013July 16, 2021

    Eileen discusses the merits of a camping trip in a Recreational Vehicle on Foxnews.com

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  • Water sports, bike riding and bringing home the lobsters in Maine
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    Water sports, bike riding and bringing home the lobsters in Maine

    ByEileen Ogintz July 12, 2013July 17, 2021

    Food, of course, is a big part of vacation and that’s certainly the case in Maine famous for its no-frills lobster “shacks” where you can get lobster rolls—lobster salad sandwiches typically served on a hot dog bun to restaurants in Portland, about 20 miles from here, known for serving food that have just come from local farms.

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  • Teaching a kid to fish with a “Wicked Tuna” star in Kennebunkport ME
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    Teaching a kid to fish with a “Wicked Tuna” star in Kennebunkport ME

    ByEileen Ogintz July 11, 2013July 12, 2021

    “Sometimes the girls have more patience,” acknowledges Capt Bruce Hebert, known for his stint on the National Geographic Channel’s Wicked Tuna reality show but here in Kennebunkport for his Libreti Rose II fishing charters that cater to families and is named for his wife and three daughters—Lisa, Brie, Tiara and Rose.

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