From the category archives:

Outdoor Fun

And Sometimes It Fails

by tarastar on July 13, 2009

There are vacations you fantasize about, that you think will go a certain way.  In your head they are idyllic, and successful, they are worthy of bragging to your friends about.  They might (in the case of my most recent delusion) seem to imply you are adventurous and creative.  This was the case with our [...]

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I Heart Camping

by tarastar on June 15, 2009

It seems I have fallen back in love with something I once hated.  Perhaps not hated, but disliked.  As a child, my family and I spent many summer vacations camping.  We camped in Death Valley, in Yosemite, in Bear Valley, in Switzerland, by the shores of Loch Ness in Scotland.  We camped everywhere.  It’s strange [...]

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June 15th – June 21st

by tarastar on June 14, 2009

June 15th – June 21st

Toddler Tuesdays at Coyote Point

Coyote Point is already very kid focused, but on selected Tuesdays, Copyot Point puts together a special program just for toddlers.  “Toddler Tuesday is an interactive discovery program for toddlers and their caregivers. Exploration, experimentation and observation activities, along with live animal presentations and story time are [...]

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Outside Lands

by tarastar on June 2, 2009

The Outside Lands Festival at Golden Gate Park
At an Ice Cube concert at the Fillmore last year, I saw a kid who couldn’t have been much older than 8.  He sat with his parents at a balcony table waiting for the concert to begin.  When the music started, and the room simultaneously filled with pot [...]

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Lemos Farm in Half Moon Bay

by tarastar on May 21, 2009

I’ve always been fond of Lemos Farm, mainly for their strange and vaguely creepy haunted train ride that runs year round.  Along the way you pass through a western ghost town complete with saloon, school, graveyard and the assorted chicken.  I think I like it because the ghost town acknowledges that parents are along for [...]

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