November 17, 2010
Catalina Island fun starts with the ferry ride from the California main land from San Pedro, Marina Del Rey, or Newport Beach, California. If you’re a Southern California native, Catalina cruising is a ritual of sorts, everyone does it, and seemingly everyone brings their children along for the ride. If you’re visiting the area, this ...
November 16, 2010
Los Angeles is a city with many communities, and each of them house many great family attractions. But Santa Monica may very well top the list of kid-friendly destinations in the LA basin – it’s a children’s paradise with fun museums, great parks, and a fantastic Ferris Wheel. That Ferris Wheel stands on the Santa ...
November 8, 2010
South of Los Angeles you’ll find beach towns beginning with “San,” Spanish for saint. Our favorite saint destinations for family outings are the beach at San Onofre, the small seaside town of San Clemente, and the well known mission and historic town of San Juan Capistrano. San Clemente is a charming, laid back sort of ...
October 11, 2010
Let’s face it. Financially, times continue to be tough right now for many of us. No one feels the squeeze of economic hardship more than my family and I. What with the move to an expensive urban area, three rapidly-growing boys and two dogs to feed, sometimes a big expensive family vacation just isn’t in ...
October 7, 2010
We like going to the beach in San Diego. It’s not that there’s a lack of beaches in our hometown of Los Angeles, but somehow San Diego’s feel is, well, more beachy. And possibly more pool worthy, too. We like both the calm bay side waters and soft sandy beach right outside the rooms at ...
October 4, 2010
For an up close and personal encounter with mammoths and saber-toothed cats while in Los Angeles, visit the Page Museum La Brea Tar Pits. The address is 5801 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, California 90036 and their phone number is (323) 934-7243. A fun and fascinating place, the La Brea Tar Pits is unique in that it ...
October 1, 2010
Whether you live in Los Angeles or you’re from out of town, the Palos Verdes Peninsula makes a wonderful excursion for the whole family. Starting at the edge of the peninsula closest to Redondo Beach, you’ll find the beach known to locals as RAT just north of Malaga Cove off of Palos Verdes Drive West. ...
September 30, 2010
My son had a blast today in our mommy and me class at the South Bay Adult School in Manhattan Beach, California. We meet there every Tuesday morning from 9:30am to 11:30am. When we first get there, we all sing songs together welcoming each child, then teaching sign language or showing pictures of animals etc. ...
September 30, 2010
Burbank, California Monday, November 23, 2009 (This is the fourth and final installment in a series of articles about my family’s cross-country move from the suburbs of New Jersey to Southern California) The Sterns have landed! Home sweet home is now a charming yellow house with an actual white picket fence, nestled in the foothills ...
September 26, 2010
There is something almost magical about visiting the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. From its grand entrance with the Tyrannosaurus Rex and Triceratops, to its fantastic exhibits surrounded by gleaming marble tiled floors and ornate molded ceilings, this museum offers something for the whole family. The 15 permanent exhibits are very realistically displayed and ...
