Road Trips

Road Trip: Malibu Legacy Park for a True Coastal Treat

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Malibu Legacy Park is one of my favorite new parks in Southern California. My parents live in Ventura County, so I make the drive between Orange County and Ventura often.  I love to take the coast route along Pacific Coast Highway (PCH). For years, that meant viewing a big vacant lot smack in the center [...]

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Loews Lake Las Vegas: Go Play in this Desert Oasis

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I cried on the first “vacation” I took with my newborn son. I remember declaring to my sympathetic husband that “Vacation will never be vacation again.” Between the extra packing, juggling the diapers and the bottles, messing with the car seat, providing road trip entertainment, and fighting new sleep routines – I was convinced I’d [...]

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A Play Day in the South Bay

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There are so many things to do in South Bay California, which we’ve discovered from meeting our “L.A.” friends and family over the years. My first stop is always food.  King’s Hawaiian Restaurant is off Sepulveda in Torrance.  If you know about the famous King’s Hawaiian bread in the supermarket, you’ll just swoon over the [...]

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The Bloomin’ Desert

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Color is not something I thought I’d see in the desert. I had myself geared up for the heat and the dust, but I never imagined the desert plants and cactus flowers in Arizona blooming during our April trips to Tucson and Phoenix. I think this yellow acacia tree was the culprit for some of [...]

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7 Family-Friendly Mostly-Outdoor San Diego Day Trips

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Just in time for Spring Break! Here are some suggestions for family-friendly day trips to San Diego. I love taking my kids to San Diego. The hardest part is trying to decide what we should do while we’re there.  I recently came up with a list of 7 possibilities which I presented to the kids. [...]

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