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  • Ready for some sand and surf?
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    Ready for some sand and surf?

    ByEileen Ogintz May 25, 2010June 28, 2023

    The way it sounds, oil is washing up on shore at every beach along the Gulf Coast. But that’s not the case, folks in the Southeast want us to know

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  • Taking the Kids To Cooking School
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    Taking the Kids To Cooking School

    ByEileen Ogintz May 23, 2010June 28, 2023

    I am standing in a Mexican kitchen on a picturesque Ranch outside of Oaxaca city kneading dough that will become mini tortillas. I’ve already grilled the cactus that will be a part of the topping for these mini tortillas called Memelas

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  • Giving back
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    Giving back

    ByEileen Ogintz May 17, 2010June 28, 2023

    This past weekend, I sat on the National Mall facing the Capitol in Washington, DC as Michelle Obama extolled the new graduates of George Washington University to broaden their horizons through travel abroad, working to help those less fortunate wherever they go.

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  • See you in Times Square
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    See you in Times Square

    ByEileen Ogintz May 16, 2010June 28, 2023

    I’m in a darkened Broadway theater watching the new Tony-nominated musical “Memphis” (nominated for eight awards!), which tells the story of what happens in the segregated South when a young white DJ named Huey Calhoun, played by Chad Kimball, falls for “Negro” music and a terrifically talented black singer named Felicia Farrell, played by Montego Glover

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  • Puppy love
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    Puppy love

    ByEileen Ogintz May 12, 2010June 28, 2023

    It took me years to get our three kids out of our bed, whether at home or in a hotel. Now just as the last one has left for college, we’ve got a new puppy who likes nothing more than snuggling up between us–that’s when she’s not chewing the computer wires under my desk or snacking on my newest shoes that I mistakenly left on the floor.

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  • Putting on the Ritz in Orlando
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    Putting on the Ritz in Orlando

    ByEileen Ogintz May 9, 2010October 4, 2023

    As Orlando gears up for the much-anticipated opening in June of Universal’s “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter” — 20 acres within Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventures — keep in mind there are plenty of options to stay — some 115,000 hotel rooms, including more than two-dozen new hotels, including the brand-new Holiday Inn Club Vacations Orlando.

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  • The dirty little secret of family vacations
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    The dirty little secret of family vacations

    ByEileen Ogintz May 6, 2010June 28, 2023

    No, it’s not the piles of laundry when you get home. It’s that moms rarely get a break. On vacation, just like at home, they’re the activities directors, psychologists, chefs and medics, among other tasks and all in unfamiliar turf.

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  • Giving Mom the Best Mother’s Day Present She’s Ever Had
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    Giving Mom the Best Mother’s Day Present She’s Ever Had

    ByEileen Ogintz May 2, 2010June 28, 2023

    We moms all know the dirty little secret of family vacations. No, I’m not talking about the piles of laundry when we get home, though that’s certainly no fun. I’m talking about how moms whisper on the beach, around the pool and on line at theme parks that family vacations are really no vacations at all for them, especially when young kids are part of the equation..

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  • Travelocity and Taking the Kids poll shows value of family vacations
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    Travelocity and Taking the Kids poll shows value of family vacations

    ByEileen Ogintz April 27, 2010June 28, 2023

    Taking the Kids recently teamed up with Travelocity in a poll about the importance of family vacations and together time. Here are some of the key findings.

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  • What Parents Say About Family Vacations
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    What Parents Say About Family Vacations

    ByEileen Ogintz April 25, 2010June 28, 2023

    You need a vacation now more than ever, and you shouldn’t feel the least bit guilty. In fact, you’ve got lots of company, according to a new family-travel poll for which I partnered with Travelocity.com.

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