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  • SEE THE RADIO CITY ROCKETTES
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    SEE THE RADIO CITY ROCKETTES

    ByEileen Ogintz December 9, 2007July 10, 2021

    The next time the kids give you a hard time on vacation, remind yourself that you really are building memories to last a lifetime. Just ask Sheila Dennis. She was a wide-eyed 9-year-old when her parents took her to see the world-famous Rockettes perform at Radio City Music Hall in New York. It was her first trip outside Texas. “I loved the glitter and the color,” she said. “I was thrilled.”

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  • The Rockefeller Center for the Tree Lighting Festivities
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    The Rockefeller Center for the Tree Lighting Festivities

    ByEileen Ogintz December 3, 2007July 10, 2021

    As I fought my way through the crowds to inch closer to Rockefeller Center I wondered to myself why anybody would venture into Midtown Manhattan for the annual tree lighting, yet every year they come.

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  • GIVING THE ELVES SOME TIPS FOR SHOPPING FOR TRAVELING FAMILIES
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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
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    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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