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Blogs: Going Places
- 1 Freaky Friday: Part 1
- In the countdown to Halloween, every Friday this month we'll be rounding up the best spooky family events across the country here on Going Places:The town that calls itself the Halloween Capital of the...
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- October 2, 2009
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- 2 Muppets Take Pennsylvania
- Here's your kid's chance to see Kermit, Bert, Ernie, the Fraggles, and Big Bird all in one place. The Smithsonian exhibit Jim Henson's Fantastic World has just opened at the James Michener Art Museum...
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- September 18, 2009
Blogs: Nesting
- 3 Sohr Family Home Before & After
- A series of five log cabins joined together, the Sohrs' house in Nashville, Tennessee--featured in this month's issue--is one of my favorite homes we've ever covered. It's even more inspiring when you see how...
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- September 15, 2009
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- 4 Lighthouse Day
- As we've written about before, rare is the kid (or adult, really) who doesn't love a lighthouse. So if you're anywhere near Maine this Saturday, we suggest you hit one of the open houses...
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- September 11, 2009
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- 5 Your Child, Travel Journalist
- Hyatt has a cool contest going on right now: Go online to submit a one- to two-minute video of your child describing why he or she is qualified to report on the Camp Hyatt...
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- September 1, 2009
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- 6 Travel News: Airfares Down, Perks Up!
- Over the last year, flying has become a pretty big headache, with oil prices driving up airfares and airlines getting more stingy (with food, baggage allowances). But there seems to be hope on the horizon:...
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- August 28, 2009
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- 7 Top 10 Beaches for Families
- Lonely Planet has just named its top 10 beaches for families, and they are indeed all over the planet: a national park in Australia, a quiet coastline in Sardinia, a Thai beach with a...
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- August 18, 2009
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- 8 Our New Carry-on Essential
- We hadn't realized how inadequate regular travel bottles were until we saw the infinitely more functional GoToobs. These new bottles are made of soft rubber (making shampoo easier to squeeze out), have notches on...
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- August 17, 2009
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- 9 Day at the Museum
- During the summer, museums tend to roll out more family-friendly exhibitions and programs than any other time of year. Our top day-trip picks in these last weeks of summer: The National Center for Children's Illustrated...
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- August 14, 2009
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- 10 Cheap Thrills
- NPR is doing a very comprehensive, very smart (c'mon, it's NPR) series on cheap travel across the U.S. Though it's got the ubiquitous "in this economy..." news hook, the spirit is celebratory, with stories...
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- August 12, 2009
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- 11 Up in the Trees
- We wish we had known about this place when we did our Vancouver Island story: Guests can stay in two orbs that dangle in a forest. There are beds and electricity, but you have...
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- August 7, 2009
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- 12 When In ... Nashville
- While in Nashville interviewing a family for an upcoming Cookie story, I had a few hours left over to scope out the city. The couple told me to forget the Grand Ole Opry—hit Hatch Show...
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- July 31, 2009
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- 13 This Land Is Your Land
- Maybe it's nostalgia for family vacations past or maybe it's the upcoming Ken Burns documentary (The National Parks: America's Best Idea), but it seems we've all had national-park fever lately. Check out this stunning collection...
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- July 30, 2009
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- 14 Safari in ... Sonoma?
- I don't have children, but I am, basically, 5 years old when it comes to animals. Which is why I can't believe that despite having grown up in Sonoma County, I had never heard of...
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- July 24, 2009
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- 15 I See London, I See France...
- We love these paper-cut Paris and London maps seen on Oh Joy. So great for a kid's room, whether your family's taken a trip over the pond or are just fantasizing about it....
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- July 22, 2009
