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SF Bay Area
1651 Coyote Point Drive, San Mateo, California 94401 Good for: Educational family outing Price: $8/child (2-12), $7/student (13-17), $11/adult, $7/seniors (62+), Free for infants (0-23 months) Features: Science exhibits, resident animals CuriOdyssey…
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Cooking Dash for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad is normally $2.99 but for a limited time, you can get it FREE! Just search for it in the app store and the…
SF Bay Area
Have you ever been to an opera? I mean a full-on, sung in a foreign language, orchestra-accompanied opera? I have now. Saturday (2/12) was the opening performance of “The Barber…
Entertainment
You’ll never look at your garden gnomes the same way again. Not after seeing Gnomeo & Juliet, that is. I have to admit that I was not really looking forward…
For Everyone
Some of my favorite chips are Doritos, Sun Chips, and Tostitos. Little did I know that all of those are made by Frito-Lay. So, I signed up to be a Frito-Lay…
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Remember those days when ice skating was THE thing? Cheering on Kurt Browning and Todd Eldredge, feeling sympathy for Ekaterina Gordeeva who lost her husband and made the transition from…
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Yay! Cirque du Soleil is coming again and this time performing Quidam. Quidam will be playing at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA 3/24-3/27. The tickets are usually kind of…
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Looking to expose your child to the various arts without boring them to death? SF Symphony is presenting a special “Music for Families” program. There are two programs left the…
Kids & Teens
Personalized gifts are always special. Yet, there are so many companies offering custom this or that, how do you choose which to go with? One of the first things I…
Family
It seems like everyone has a packed schedule these days. Many times, it’s the children that are the busiest of all. With everyone coming home tired and maybe at different…
Family
Here is a recent picture of my ‘quick’ shopping trip to Costco with a warning attached. I only went to pick up a couple of things…
Family
Once upon a time, Ikea was among my most frequented stores. My daughter’s early vocabulary included the Swedish brand. 85% of all furniture in my house have the famous four-lettered…