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Springacre Park in Irvine: Plot a Pirate Adventure or Play on the Lawn

July 13, 2010

Springacre Park in Irvine is one of the many fabulous parks you can find located in the Woodbridge Village community. Well-designed, clean, and just the right size for my preschooler, I will definitely keep this park on my radar when I need to run errands in Irvine. The City of Irvine is recognized as a [...]

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Patriotic OC Playgrounds: Play in Red, White and Blue Glory

July 2, 2010

Patriotic playgrounds make it feel like the 4th of July anytime of year. There aren’t many that are red, white, AND blue. You may just have to settle for red & white or blue & white. You can just bring streamers or those little flags to make up for the missing color. Chapparosa Park in [...]

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Box Canyon Park in Yorba Linda: Accessible Playground for All Pirates and Knights

June 21, 2010

Box Canyon Park in Yorba Linda was destroyed in the fires of 2008. It wowed me from the first time I drove by to check out the construction. They definitely went above and beyond with the new play structures and surrounding area. I could see the ship’s mast in the distance, and the flags on [...]

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Play Places for Train Lovers

June 10, 2010

Train parks abound in Orange County. Whether you like to see big locomotives up close, far away, play on them, ride on them — we’ve got the parks for you. Please comment if we are missing any! I’d love to have a complete list someday. Brush Canyon Park, Yorba Linda See BNSF whoosh by. San [...]

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Salt Creek Trail: It’s All Downhill from Here

June 7, 2010

Salt Creek Trail is one of my favorite walks with the kids. I’ve done it with them in a stroller and this time they were old enough to walk on their own. The ocean breeze, and sometimes fog, make for a cool excursion when temperatures heat up inland. Trail Head Location: We parked on Camino [...]

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California Scenario: A Sculpture Garden Inspiring Play

June 4, 2010

California Scenario looks and feels like a unique park, but it is actually a sculpture by Isamu Noguchi. My husband and I first discovered it back in college, but until this weekend I wasn’t aware of its artistic significance. We took the kids for a visit because we thought it was a place to play. [...]

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Granada Park in Mission Viejo: You Just Might End Up Skipping the Mall

June 3, 2010

Granada Park in Mission Viejo is one of those surprise finds that make exploring new parks so exciting for me. Tucked behind a business park and near the Mission Viejo Mall this was definitely a fun find because it makes for easy outdoor time even on days when you have to run a few errands [...]

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San Clemente Beach Trail and North Beach Playground: It Doesn’t Get Better Than This

May 29, 2010

North Beach in San Clemente meets all the requirements of requests from our site’s page on Facebook. It’s so much fun for us to have all of you help us build the site with info you actually WANT! Every time I go to North Beach, I have the it-just-doesn’t-get-better-than-this feeling (except when it’s crowded). Although [...]

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Hart Park in Orange: Sunken Parking and Sunny Playground

May 20, 2010

Hart Park in Orange feels a lot like Pearson Park in Anaheim with its historical buildings, mature trees, pool, and outdoor space for community concerts. The first thing to strike me about the park is the parking lot! We came in off Glassell Street, driving down a short and steep driveway, to enter the parking [...]