In busy downtown Portland, step into a 16th century China family home and garden. Kids can explore halls, pavilions courtyards, look for dragonfish, bats of happiness, guardian lions, and learn about Chinese traditions and culture.
Read more…Sonoma County Farm Trails: Meet Cocoa and Nutmeg
Last weekend we drove out to Sonoma County for fall Weekend Along the Farm Trails. It’s the perfect activity for toddlers and younger kids, to visit local farms, kids can visit local farms, see farmyard animals, pick apples and pumpkins, take tractor wagon rides, play in hay bale mazes, eat fruit pies with locally made ice cream, and more.
Read more…Chihuly Garden and Glass
Chihuly Garden and Glass is a glowing exhibition of glass sculptures by Pacific Northwest artist Dale Chihuly at the Seattle Center in downtown Seattle.
Read more…Pacific Northwest: Joy of driftwood forts
One of the joys of Pacific Northwest beaches is kids can play in ready-made driftwood forts, or teens can build their own.
Read more…Hatshepsut at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
In ancient Egypt, Hatshepsut was unique – born a royal princess, she became Queen, and then was crowned Pharaoh. But she sort of disappeared for centuries. Find out how statues in the Metropolitan Museum of Art were discovered, and the extraordinary story of Hatshepsut.
Read more…New SFMOMA: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
New SFMOMA – San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Kids can explore a steel structure round-and-round maze by Richard Serra, see works by Matisse, Picasso, Miro, skip around open-air Calder sculptures, search for numbers 0 to 9 in a painting by Jasper Johns, and stand up close to see a portrait dissolve into squares.
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