Road Trips

American Girl Place Los Angeles Packages – Worth The Upgrade?

April 24, 2012
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The choice: have a birthday party at our house with friends (in addition to school and family parties) or spend two nights at Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills and go to American Girl Place at The Grove. I knew she’d pick the latter. American Girl offers a birthday package and “A Day Of American Girl” but there aren’t too many details listed (like price breakdowns) so I thought I’d tell you what you [...]

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7 Reasons To Take Your Kids To Las Vegas

March 27, 2012
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Because Las Vegas is either a 1 hour plane flight or 5 hour drive from San Diego, we’ve been there a lot. It’s usually for bachelor or bachelorette parties or similar long weekends away involving very little sleep. We had never been as a family and weren’t sure what we would do. It turned out there is plenty to do in Las Vegas with kids.

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Travel Within California By Amtrak Pacific Surfliner Business Class: It’s Worth The Upgrade

January 17, 2012
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I’ve done the drive between San Diego and Santa Barbara more times than I can count. It’s long and sometimes made unbearable by traffic in Los Angeles. I needed to go to Santa Barbara for one night, so taking the train seemed like a better option than driving just myself during a holiday weekend. The train journey takes 5 hours. Driving takes about 4, depending on traffic. The Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train fare from Solana [...]

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Road Trip To Santa Barbara: Where to Stay?

November 8, 2011
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My parents live in Santa Barbara, so we drive north more than the average San Diegan. People always ask me where to stay, but I never have a great answer since we usually stay at my parents house. Except, last time we parked ourselves at Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara. La Jolla Dad was in Peru, so it was just a girls weekend for La Jolla Girl and I. We had a hard [...]

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Dinosaurs Within Driving Distance: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles

October 18, 2011
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La Jolla Girl is really into dinosaurs so on our way home from Santa Barbara, we spent the night in Los Angeles and visited the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. I hadn’t been there in possibly 25 years, but if your child loves dinosaurs, it’s worth the 2 hour drive from San Diego. Here’s why. Three T-Rex’s I haven’t met a child who isn’t fascinated by Tyrannosaurus rex.

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Wine Maker Wednesday at Temecula Creek Inn

September 14, 2011
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There’s no better way to top off a day in Temecula Wine Country than with a Wine Maker Wednesday at the Temecula Creek Inn. I had the privilege of attending one last month. The chefs (Chef Sal is in the photo above) demonstrate how to cook several dishes and send you home with the recipes. A local winery partners with the event and pairs a wine with each dish. In our case, the winery was [...]

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