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  • San Antonio has a new kind of “Pearl”
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    San Antonio has a new kind of “Pearl”

    ByEileen Ogintz December 14, 2019July 16, 2021

    Pearl is the new go-to area of San Antonio – a 22 acre mixed use space for housing, shopping, dining, a year-round farmer’s market, riverside amphitheater and the third campus of the Culinary Institute of America

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  • #BestFacialEver: The Lake Austin Spa
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    #BestFacialEver: The Lake Austin Spa

    ByEileen Ogintz December 14, 2019July 9, 2021

    We left husbands, otherwise occupied at a college reunion in Austin, one recent afternoon for a getaway—via water taxi no less—to the Lake Austin Spa Resort,

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  • Fairmont dominates a hip new downtown Austin
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    Fairmont dominates a hip new downtown Austin

    ByEileen Ogintz December 13, 2019July 6, 2021

    We recently stayed at the year-old, 37-story Fairmont Austin, situated by the lush greenery of Palm Park and Waller Creek, with 1,048 rooms and 60 suites.

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  • In Denver: learning to make tamales for the holidays
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    In Denver: learning to make tamales for the holidays

    ByEileen Ogintz December 13, 2019July 10, 2021

    Tamales are a traditional holiday treat in a lot of the American Southwest and South of the Border. I’ve loved them since I was a kid growing up in Texas. But I never knew how to make them.

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  • A New Adventure: Re-Learning How to Scuba Dive in Belize
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    A New Adventure: Re-Learning How to Scuba Dive in Belize

    ByEileen Ogintz December 13, 2019June 28, 2023

    I had been to Belize once before on a venture grant from Colorado College six years ago when I last went scuba diving

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  • Morgans Wonderland and Inspiration Island in San Antonio TX
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    Morgan’s Wonderland: An ‘Ultra-Accessible’ facility for people with special challenges

    ByEileen Ogintz December 12, 2019July 9, 2021

    Morgan’s Wonderland is the very first theme park of its kind. The park has welcomed more than 1.6 million guests from all 50 states and 73 countries in its first decade

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  • To a snow resort without busting the budget
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    To a snow resort without busting the budget

    ByEileen Ogintz December 12, 2019July 16, 2021

    Whenever you want to ski or ride this winter you can hit the slopes on a budget — as long as you plan smart. Here’s how

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  • Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railroad
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    Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railroad

    ByEileen Ogintz December 7, 2019July 14, 2021

    Eileen interviews Walt Disney World’s Imagineering Creative Director Kevin Rafferty, who is overseeing the development of Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railroad, opening March 2020.

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  • Taking the Kids — two dozen gifts for your favorite travelers
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    Taking the Kids — two dozen gifts for your favorite travelers

    ByEileen Ogintz December 5, 2019July 5, 2021

    There are many affordable gifts starting at less than $20 that will please the travelers in your family, whatever their ages, interests or travel style

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  • Experience the charm of Coastal Croatia on a luxury yacht
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    Experience the charm of Coastal Croatia on a luxury yacht

    ByEileen Ogintz December 3, 2019June 28, 2023

    A lot of first-time gulet trippers return from their day or half-day excursions longing for more. The good news is that gulets can be chartered that fit all group sizes and itineraries – from a day to a week or more.

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    10 Ways to Toddler Proof a New Home

    ByEileen Ogintz November 30, 2019June 28, 2023

    Parents should start toddler-proofing their home as soon as their child can stand. While they are exploring the world around them, your kid is more likely to trip, fall, and injure themselves. Here are ten ways you can minimize the chance of an accident with these baby-proofing techniques.

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  • Taking the Kids to see the best and brightest holiday lights
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    Taking the Kids to see the best and brightest holiday lights

    ByEileen Ogintz November 28, 2019July 2, 2023

    Make it an early gift for the kids to get away for a pre-holiday weekend, reveling in the holiday lights and festivities

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  • The Top Three Teen Travel Writers
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    The Top Three Teen Travel Writers

    ByEileen Ogintz November 21, 2019July 7, 2021

    The Family Travel Forum Teen Travel Writing Scholarship was founded in 2007 to promote teen literacy by granting teen travel bloggers cash prizes for college or future travels

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  • Taking advantage of Cyber Monday family travel deals
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    Taking advantage of Cyber Monday family travel deals

    ByEileen Ogintz November 21, 2019July 16, 2021

    On Cyber Monday (Dec 2), you’ll find some of the best travel deals of the year, some you can use immediately and some for all next year

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  • In Denver, a huge new taste of Maine!
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    In Denver, a huge new taste of Maine!

    ByEileen Ogintz November 19, 2019July 10, 2021

    Maine Shack in Denver has a devoted following who come for the five varieties of Lobster Rolls, chowder and much more

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  • You earned your vacation! You can afford to take it
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    You earned your vacation! You can afford to take it

    ByEileen Ogintz November 14, 2019July 16, 2021

    Did you know 55 per cent of Americans report they don’t use their earned vacation? The good news is that you can get away this winter without busting the budget

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  • Celebrating family togetherness “creactively” at Club Meds in Caribbean
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    Celebrating family togetherness “creactively” at Club Meds in Caribbean

    ByEileen Ogintz November 14, 2019July 7, 2021

    The unique Creactive program at Club Meds in the Caribbean is for adults and kids, inviting them to learn activities inspired by Cirque du Soleil

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  • Multigenerational cruising with Holland America Line
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    Multigenerational cruising with Holland America Line

    ByEileen Ogintz November 14, 2019July 7, 2021

    Holland America Line is especially popular with multigenerational families seeking an upscale experience on mid-sized ships known for the food and immersive activities

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  • A new, innovative way to experience Monet’s art, especially for kids
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    A new, innovative way to experience Monet’s art, especially for kids

    ByEileen Ogintz November 14, 2019June 29, 2023

    Welcome to the Denver Art Museum and the most comprehensive U.S. exhibit of Monet paintings in more than two decades — Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature

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  • Business and leisure – Airbnb enables “bleisure”
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    Business and leisure – Airbnb enables “bleisure”

    ByEileen Ogintz November 14, 2019June 28, 2023

    Today, more and more road warriors want the flexibility to fit business travel into their lives rather than scheduling their lives around business travel

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