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  • Chicago is a kids and family kind of town
    Backyard Vacations | Destinations | Families & Groups | Weekly Column

    Chicago is a kids and family kind of town

    ByEileen Ogintz April 18, 2013July 10, 2021

    The hardest thing about visiting Chicago is deciding where to take the kids first — Chicago’s famous Lakefront where you can ride bikes and in-line skate, or Lincoln Park where you can visit one of the few free zoos in the country. (Kids especially love the polar bears.)

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  • Eileen blogs for the HuffPost about taking the kids to Washington DC
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    Eileen blogs for the HuffPost about taking the kids to Washington DC

    ByEileen Ogintz April 15, 2013July 16, 2021

    Eileen blogs for the HuffPost about taking the kids to Washington DC

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  • Ann on Broadway — a great perspective on a multi-tasking mom
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    Ann on Broadway — a great perspective on a multi-tasking mom

    ByEileen Ogintz April 14, 2013July 17, 2021

    I was thinking of how she had to juggle the needs of her kids with her work—as we all do. One minute she’s cajoling a son—she had four kids—to come to a family get-together; the next she is deciding whether to grant a death row inmate a reprieve, under pressure from the Vatican and Mother Theresa.

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  • Eileen interviewed on Foxnews.com about Washington DC
    Eileen in the Media

    Eileen interviewed on Foxnews.com about Washington DC

    ByEileen Ogintz April 12, 2013July 16, 2021

    Eileen is interviewed on Foxnews.com about touring Washington DC with the kids.

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  • How a museum exhibit is changing lives in Los Angeles
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    How a museum exhibit is changing lives in Los Angeles

    ByEileen Ogintz April 11, 2013July 10, 2021

    New museum exhibits often foster excitement and increase tourism and, since it opened last fall, “The Space Shuttle Endeavour Exhibition” has done both in spades. (Did I mention there is no entrance fee to the wonderful hands-on museum, though you can pay $2 for a timed entrance to Endeavour?)

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  • Staying in a 21-century-designed hotel room for kids
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    Staying in a 21-century-designed hotel room for kids

    ByEileen Ogintz April 4, 2013July 15, 2021

    Hotels are so much more than a place to sleep these days, especially for families. Check into the Thayer Hotel at West Point, N.Y., and kids might even learn a little history in a room dedicated to famous graduates like astronaut Buzz Aldrin, complete with memorabilia. (The newest is the Army Baseball Room.)

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  • Presidential Treatment at the Homestead Resort in Virginia’s mountains
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    Presidential Treatment at the Homestead Resort in Virginia’s mountains

    ByEileen Ogintz April 4, 2013July 15, 2021

    Like a lighthouse in the Allegheny Mountains, the enormous tower and complex of the Homestead Resort marks the location of healing waters of the natural springs in central Virginia. The rejuvenating mineral waters were once sought out by Native Americans and early colonists alike.

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  • The Kids Taking Themselves: Exploring chocolate, caves, and coral reefs in Belize
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    The Kids Taking Themselves: Exploring chocolate, caves, and coral reefs in Belize

    ByEileen Ogintz April 1, 2013July 15, 2021

    “I’m going to travel like this from now on!” Sarah exclaimed, while she was receiving exciting emails from MMC and Ya’axche about fun things to do during our trip. Not only do I feel like I truly took advantage of my last spring break in College, but I also made it educational…aren’t you proud Mom and Dad?

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  • 10 Tips for making family spring travel more fun
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    10 Tips for making family spring travel more fun

    ByEileen Ogintz March 31, 2013July 17, 2021

    Some of you are just heading out on spring break. Some of you are there and are wondering why you left home. That’s because traveling with kids is never easy. It’s aggravating, stressful, expensive and wonderful. Keep reminding yourself that all the travel research shows that family vacations are responsible for the happiest memories we have—memories that last a lifetime.

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  • LA’s awesome family attraction: Shuttle Endeavour
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    LA’s awesome family attraction: Shuttle Endeavour

    ByEileen Ogintz March 30, 2013July 8, 2021

    Already, the California Science Center drew more visitors than any other museum in southern California—including 370,000 school kids. But since the Shuttle has opened, the museum officials are projecting visitation will be up nearly a million to 2.5 million, says Science Center VP William Harris.

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