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    GIVING THE ELVES SOME TIPS FOR SHOPPING FOR TRAVELING FAMILIES

    ByEileen Ogintz December 2, 2007July 5, 2021

    I’m lost! Hopelessly, completely lost on a winding, backcountry road somewhere in Westchester County, N.Y. Did I mention it was night and pitch-black? “How could you do this?” asks my aggravated 16-year-old daughter, Mel.

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  • EXPLORING AN ANCIENT CULTURE IN NEW MEXICO
    Destinations | Families & Groups | Parks & Outdoors | Weekly Column

    EXPLORING AN ANCIENT CULTURE IN NEW MEXICO

    ByEileen Ogintz November 25, 2007August 30, 2025

    [et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] By Eileen Ogintz Tribune Media Services Three hundred and 40. That’s how many steps and ladder rungs we climb to Bandelier National Monument…

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    Heading South in the Minivan

    ByEileen Ogintz September 24, 2007June 28, 2023

    ALONG INTERSTATE 95 HEADING SOUTH —: “PLEEZE make the radio louder!”

    “Turn off the radio and put on a CD!”

    “Not THAT CD!”

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Pennsylvania’s Forgotten Park, Frozen In Time

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