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    Disney gearing up for big Hawaiian resort opening

    ByEileen Ogintz April 14, 2011June 28, 2023

    Yes, Mickey Mouse and all his pals will be in residence on Oahu late this summer when the new Disney Resort Aulani is set to open. And if the place is anything like the Disney team promises, it will set a new bar for family resorts everywhere

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  • The many ways to visit the Grandest of Canyons
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    The many ways to visit the Grandest of Canyons

    ByEileen Ogintz April 14, 2011June 28, 2023

    The Grand Canyon, set aside as a national monument by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908, became a national park in 1919. Today, it remains one of the most visited parks, drawing more than 4.3 million visitors a year. Families from around the world come here to experience what is widely considered one of the great wonders of the world. Like I said, wow!

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  • Exploring the history of the Mayas
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    Exploring the history of the Mayas

    ByEileen Ogintz April 14, 2011October 3, 2023

    One of the best preserved coastal Maya sites — it was at its height between the 13th and 15th Centuries — Tulum is built along the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea –the high cliffs protecting the city from hurricanes even in ancient times. Tulum was one of the last cities inhabited and built by the Mayans.

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  • Four days on Mexico’s Riviera Maya (Yes, it’s safe!)
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    Four days on Mexico’s Riviera Maya (Yes, it’s safe!)

    ByEileen Ogintz April 13, 2011June 28, 2023

    Four days on Mexico’s Riviera Maya (Yes, it’s safe!)

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  • Returning to a place and time when all did not go well on our family vacation
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    Returning to a place and time when all did not go well on our family vacation

    ByEileen Ogintz April 7, 2011June 28, 2023

    Family vacations, of course, are a lot about memories. But there’s something to be said for returning to places where things might not have gone as planned and let’s face it, they often don’t on family vacations. Returning gives you an opportunity to measure how much you and your kids have grown and to create new memories.

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  • Communing with penguins in Patagonia and California
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    Communing with penguins in Patagonia and California

    ByEileen Ogintz April 6, 2011June 28, 2023

    If you can’t get to Patagonia, head to the Monterey Bay Aquarium (www.montereybayaquarium.org) in California where you can meet and greet Magellanic Penguins who were rescued and brought here. Climate change is forcing these creatures to swim farther to find food so they must swim an extra 25 miles or so from their nest for fish. So sad!

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  • Putting the lessons we learned about sustainable seafood to the test
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    Putting the lessons we learned about sustainable seafood to the test

    ByEileen Ogintz April 4, 2011June 28, 2023

    After this trip to San Francisco, I don’t think I’ll ever buy or order fish the same way again. On our last morning, we eat breakfast at the Mandarin Oriental. Is the smoked salmon from wild or farmed fish, my daughter asks the waiter. “I’ve never been asked that before,” he admits and goes to find out. Wild salmon, he reports. Reggie nods approvingly.

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  • Letting the grown-up kids lead the way on vacation
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    Letting the grown-up kids lead the way on vacation

    ByEileen Ogintz April 1, 2011June 28, 2023

    I can’t remember the last time I rode in back. I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t leading the way. But in this case, this weekend, I’m following—following the passions of my 25 year old daughter Reggie Yemma and her boyfriend Dan Foldes, who live in San Francisco. All I did was book the hotel

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  • A visit to the Marine Mammal Center, where they rescue creatures large and small
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    A visit to the Marine Mammal Center, where they rescue creatures large and small

    ByEileen Ogintz March 31, 2011June 28, 2023

    This is a wonderful place to visit. (Full disclosure—my daughter Reggie is working as an AmeriCorps volunteer here this year). There’s no charge and the work they do is amazing. The windswept day we visited, there were 25 patients (yes this is a full hospital with vets who do detailed blood work, x-rays, ultra sounds and keep copious records that have made this Center respected for the research it has done)

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  • National Parks are the perfect spots to focus on health and activity
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    National Parks are the perfect spots to focus on health and activity

    ByEileen Ogintz March 31, 2011October 4, 2023

    National Park Week is coming up April 16-24 (admission is free!). This year’s focus, Healthy Parks, Healthy People, highlights the connection between human and environmental health and the vital role America’s national parks play in both.

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