Epic Vacation, Part III, The Finale After enjoying weeks exploring the east coast, from Manhattan to Maine, this summer with my kids, we concluded our trip with a family reunion on Cape Cod. It’s become a tradition now that most of my brothers and cousins have children. A way to help capture the nostalgia of our […]
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Epic Vacation, Part II This summer, I left the San Francisco fog with kids in tow for an extended East Coast journey. We flew into New York first, straight into a massive heatwave. I sometimes forget that we live in a naturally air-conditioned city here in San Francisco—Manhattan was HOT! But of course it was July. It
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Epic Vacation, Part I I decided to forgo camp this summer and instead plucked my kids from the San Francisco fog for summer as it is meant to be — hot, sticky, and humid. East Coast style. My family was planning to get together for a week on Cape Cod in late July, but I
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About a month ago, I was invited to a press reception at the Marine Mammal Center high up in the gorgeous Marin Headlands. I took my boy and we headed over the Golden Gate Bridge to this state-of-the-art animal care and rehabilitation facility located in a former missile site. The Marine Mammal Center has been
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Among a glut of colorless generic airport hotels, L.A.’s Custom Hotel is a breath of fresh air. Make no mistake — it’s still an airport hotel located in a charmless neighborhood 15 mins from LAX (not counting rental car return — for that add 1/2 hour). But given that it’s part of the Joie de
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Last week during Spring Break, my family was invited to spend a night at the Kids’ Suite at the Union Square Hotel. We packed our overnight bags, hopped on the 21 Hayes toward downtown San Francisco, and checked in just in time for wine/live music hour. The California hotel was built in 1913 and combines
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