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  • TO SAN FRANCISCO’S UNIQUE MUSEUMS
    Backyard Vacations | Destinations | Families & Groups | Volunteer & Service | Weekly Column

    TO SAN FRANCISCO’S UNIQUE MUSEUMS

    ByEileen Ogintz October 12, 2008July 16, 2021

    Adults and kids are hunched over mounds of multicolored clay, fashioning little clay people and assorted creatures that will star in kid-produced animated shorts. “This isn’t your typical museum,” says Mike Shomo, from Denver, who’s visiting with his wife and three kids, as he creates a sea lion.

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  • On a fall getaway when they’re too little for school
    Families & Groups | Backyard Vacations | Destinations | Parks & Outdoors | Weekly Column

    On a fall getaway when they’re too little for school

    ByEileen Ogintz October 5, 2008June 29, 2023

    Sure you have to drag a diaper bag (not to mention stroller, car seat and a generous supply of Goldfish) everywhere you go, you haven’t had a full night’s sleep in you can’t remember when and the dire economic news makes you wonder how you’ll ever pay for preschool, much less college, but then there’s the bright side — travel-wise, anyway. While everyone else is up to their ears in carpools, homework and soccer games, you’re free to get out of town.

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  • WATCHING SEA TURTLES NEST
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    WATCHING SEA TURTLES NEST

    ByEileen Ogintz September 28, 2008July 7, 2021

    By Eileen Ogintz Tribune Media Services The beach is pitch black, except for the light from the stars dancing across the sky. The ocean waves…

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  • Understanding where the food comes from
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    Understanding where the food comes from

    ByEileen Ogintz September 26, 2008July 7, 2021

    Ever seen a cranberry bean? I’ve never seen so much luscious produce in one place — heirloom tomatoes, white peaches, plums, big and tiny grapes, almonds and walnuts, various varieties of chili peppers…eggplants, potatoes…welcome to The Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market .

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  • A visit to SF’s Zeum
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    A visit to SF’s Zeum

    ByEileen Ogintz September 24, 2008July 8, 2021

    Here’s one place where no one is afraid to get their hands dirty. They’re bent over tables diligently making multi colored clay figures from wire frames and assorted other creatures — dogs, sea lions, cats.

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  • Five Days in San Francisco
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    Five Days in San Francisco

    ByEileen Ogintz September 23, 2008July 16, 2021

    DAY ONE — As long as I was flying cross country to San Francisco, I thought I’d try Virgin America (www.virginamerica.com) . I always liked…

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  • TO AMSTERDAM
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    TO AMSTERDAM

    ByEileen Ogintz September 21, 2008July 6, 2021

    By Eileen Ogintz Tribune Media Services I’ve found vacation nirvana for teenagers and it’s a place parents will like just as much as teens do….

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  • HITTING THE AIRPORT VIP LOUNGES
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    HITTING THE AIRPORT VIP LOUNGES

    ByEileen Ogintz September 14, 2008July 6, 2021

    Pancake, the much loved blue bear, seemed right at home among the oh-so-serious laptop-toting business people. So did his 4-year-old owner, Colin Blodgett. Colin, Pancake and Colin’s parents were awaiting their flight from London to New York in British Airway’s expansive $60 million Executive Lounges in Heathrow’s new Terminal 5

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  • A new-style adventure by Disney — no mouse ears
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    A new-style adventure by Disney — no mouse ears

    ByEileen Ogintz September 7, 2008July 7, 2021

    We sniff the strong perfume that even kids used, since they bathed so infrequently (servants just once a year) and learn that even though royal children had servants to do everything for them (even brush their teeth), they didn’t have a lot of time to play because they were expected at court (sitting quietly for hours). Still, our gang decided they’d rather be royals instead of servants.

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  • OPTING FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF LODGING
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    OPTING FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF LODGING

    ByEileen Ogintz August 31, 2008July 5, 2021

    Searching out those markets and meeting the locals who shop there is all part of the charm of renting a flat in a strange city or a villa in the countryside. We sleep with cherubs over our bed and hear the noises of a city neighborhood — a baby crying, a couple jabbering in Italian and music playing.

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