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  • To Yosemite National Park
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    To Yosemite National Park

    ByEileen Ogintz November 1, 2009June 28, 2023

    I smile remembering two other kids about the same age who were equally proud of themselves for making it to the top of Vernal Fall, also their first “big hike” in Yosemite.

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  • A visit to California wine country
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    A visit to California wine country

    ByEileen Ogintz October 30, 2009July 9, 2021

    We drive to Healdsburg, a small picturesque town where, around the Plaza Park square, are tasting rooms, restaurants, antique shops, and more. My 23 year old daughter Reggie is excited because she scores a cast iron frying pan for $15. I’m excited because it is a perfect sunny fall day and I’m spending it with my husband and daughter.

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  • A quick trip to Yosemite National Park
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    A quick trip to Yosemite National Park

    ByEileen Ogintz October 29, 2009July 9, 2021

    DAY 4 — Five year old Rivers Klopson is turning cartwheels on the rocks next to Yosemite’s famous Vernal Falls. It’s sunny and everyone sitting…

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  • To the historic ships in SF where Reggie works
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    To the historic ships in SF where Reggie works

    ByEileen Ogintz October 28, 2009July 9, 2021

    Here’s the chance to give your kids a lesson — without them even realizing it — in San Francisco’s seafaring past and the people who made their lives sailing in and out of San Francisco Bay, hauling lumber, canned fruit and more. Five vessels — the Alma, Balclutha, Eureka, Hercules and C.A. Thayer are designated National Historic Landmarks.

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  • Learning About African-American History at Colonial Williamsburg
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    Learning About African-American History at Colonial Williamsburg

    ByEileen Ogintz October 25, 2009June 28, 2023

    Colonial Williamsburg explores the lives and complexities of free and enslaved blacks during the Revolutionary Era, highlighting personal and unified contributions, sacrifices and decisions made by 19th-century blacks in securing their freedom

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  • At the Cal Academy of Sciences
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    At the Cal Academy of Sciences

    ByEileen Ogintz October 25, 2009July 8, 2021

    We’re at the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco which in the year since it has reopened has emerged as San Francisco’s top cultural tourist attraction, drawing more visitors than even Alcatraz.

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  • Visting San Francisco with my grown up daughter
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    Visting San Francisco with my grown up daughter

    ByEileen Ogintz October 24, 2009July 16, 2021

    The Hotel San Francisco atop Nob Hill was getting ready for its grand opening when the city suffered its devastating earthquake April 18, 1906. The hotel survived and a year later, opened, celebrating the city’s renewal. The hotel has hosted celebrities and presidents. Tony Bennett first sang “I Left My Heart in San Francisco “here.

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    Traveling with a Heavy Heart

    ByEileen Ogintz October 24, 2009June 28, 2023

    The cruise was long planned to celebrate the 85th birthday of my “second mom.” I grew up two houses away on suburban Long Island and over the years, her family and mine became one, her two daughters my oldest and closest friends, sharing good times and sad.

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  • Meeting Some Ghosts
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    Meeting Some Ghosts

    ByEileen Ogintz October 18, 2009June 28, 2023

    Seen any ghosts lately? Now’s your chance. Time travel back to the 18th century where you can get up close and personal with pirates and ghosts at Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia.

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    Taking the Grown Up Kids

    ByEileen Ogintz October 14, 2009June 28, 2023

    We just got back from a whirlwind trip to Northern California that included museum-hopping in San Francisco, hiking in Yosemite National Park and wine tasting in Sonoma County. My companions, besides my husband Andy were my 23-year-old daughter Reggie and her boyfriend Dan Foldes. They live and work in San Francisco.

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