Build the Perfect Day Trip to Napa Valley
How to Plan a Day Trip to Napa Valley I love going to Napa Valley. It’s not just the wine — it’s also the…
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Build the Perfect Day Trip to Sacramento
One of my goals for this summer was to spend more time exploring my own backyard. I’ve been pleasantly surprised by all that Downtown…
Build a Perfect Day Trip to San Francisco
What do you do when family come to visit? When my in-laws come to visit from Brazil, we always take a day trip to…
Advice from 15 Years of Traveling with Kids
When my older son was born, I knew that having a child would not mean that we would give up travel. Traveling has been…
5 Amazing Yosemite Hikes with Kids
Talk to any parent of a young child, and they’ll tell you that “hiking” with a 4-year-old is just about impossible. This means that…
A Family Vacation in Yosemite
Yosemite National Park is one of Northern California’s treasures, but despite living in California for 20 years, we don’t get there often enough. Knowing…
10 Tips for Visiting Museums with Kids
I love going to museums. I loved it when I was a kid, when I first went to Europe as a teenager, when I…
How to Spend 5 Days in San Francisco with Kids
When I was a kid, I moved a lot. The longest that we stayed in one place was 3.5 years in Connecticut. My mom…
Beautiful Napa Valley Day Trip in the Fall
You already know that I love California wine country, including the ridiculously beautiful Napa Valley. Every November, I take a Napa Valley day trip…
The Truth about Traveling with Kids
Have you seen those blogs that show a beautiful family, perfectly dressed in the latest finds from Madewell or J. Crew, frolicking in a field…