San Francisco best family activities for the holiday season!
Glowing museum exhibits, two-story gingerbread house, Ghirardelli chocolates, glowing museum exhibits, holiday food, ice skating, best parks, seasonal events, insider secrets (redwood grove, fairy doors, Angel Island) and more.
London: Christmas is calling
London goes all out at the holiday season – the city sparkles with millions of lights, kids will enjoy endless Christmas sweets, go ice skating in sites around London, in Hyde Park, Winter Wonderland carnival has rides for toddlers to teens, live music and shows. Here’s our favorite fun things to see and do in London during the Christmas season, plus travel tips.
Winter Wonderland carnival in Hyde Park has rides for toddlers to teens, shows and a large Christmas market.
Read more…Thanksgiving – Heritage and New Recipes
Two recipes, cranberry sauce recipe from my great-grandmother, and a new one for Thanksgiving this year – pumpkin cake with pepitas (pumpkin seeds). And story of our family Thanksgiving over the years.
Read more…When Stars Are Scattered
True story, graphic novel of two brothers Omar and Hassan, little boys separated from their mother after their village was attacked, they ended up in a refugee camp in Kenya. It’s an amazing story of hope, persistence, people helping each other, international aid agencies – and they came to America.
Read more…State Parks Are Open 2
More than four weeks into the shutdown, it’s not “business as usual” in our national parks.
Here’s two outstanding Nevada state parks to visit in fall, Sand Harbor at Lake Tahoe, and Valley of Fire.
Exploratorium San Francisco: Day of the Dead and food is life
Last Saturday we popped into the Exploratorium for a Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) display and holiday food from Mexico and Guatemala. What a warm life-affirming community event families enjoy each year at the museum.
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