Drive In to the Movies at Royal Randwick Racecourse
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I remember fondly heading to the drive in with my parents as a small child. Sure I might have spent more of my time playing on the jungle gym at the side of the field than watching a flick, but I have very fond memories of this family ritual. I think we’ll all agree it’s better than watching something you’ve downloaded on your laptop.
Thankfully the folks at Royal Randwick Racecourse have brought back this old-fashioned film experience for the next couple of months. Just drive in and tune your...
August 2nd, 2010 | Lauren Katulka | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Family Friendly, featuredarticle, movies
Taste Pancakes And More Around Sydney
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Pancake lovers need look to further to satisfy a craving than Pancakes on the Rocks.
This fantastic restaurant serves just about every kind of pancake you could think of. There are savoury and sweet varieties, so you can have them for your main meal and dessert!
Indulgence at Pancakes on the Rocks
While it’s heaven for pancake fans, there are also plenty of other things on the menu including gourmet pizzas, salads, crepes, and ribs. They’ve also got a special kids menu, where all the savoury...
July 24th, 2010 | Lauren Katulka | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: dining, Family Friendly, restaurant
Hot Dog it’s Summer in Seattle
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Thinking about classic summertime food probably gets you thinking about hot dogs. I mean, what’s a more classic summertime pairing than hot dogs and a beer? OK, root beer if you’re under 21. Whether you enjoy a dog only in the summer or all year round, some of the best in the city can be found at Shultzy’s Sausage in the University District.
Shultzy’s has long been popular with university students because of its casual environment, affordable prices and consistently good food. The...
July 15th, 2010 | Mary Jo Manzanares | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: budget friendly, Family Friendly, featuredarticle, Restaurants, University District
Fun for the Family in Rochester, New York
... a bit fuller than when I arrived. It was such a pleasant surprise to find the city is a foodie paradise! A few of my personal favorites (all Family Friendly):
Java’s (map) and Spot (map): These are two cafes on East Ave in downtown Rochester. Despite going to both more than once, I wasn’t able to work out who had the better coffee. Spot has some fantastic sandwiches, and if you go to Java’s your little ones will not be able to resist the cookies with innovative flavors,...
July 14th, 2010 | Andy Hayes | Read More | Comments: 5Filed under: Family Friendly, museums, New York, restaurant, theater, top-feature
Bowling Gets Modern Makeover at Sydney’s Kingpin
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If you thought bowling was just for kids, think again. Kingpin Bowling Lounge at Darling Harbour is great fun for adults and families.
Kingpin offers 20 state-of-the-art bowling lanes, gorgeous harbour views, and the latest music. Once you’re done bowling, you can also play interactive games or a round of pool.
Kingpin also offers more than the traditional bowling fare of hot dogs, meat pies, and chips. How do lamb and rosemary pies, prawn spring rolls, and pork dumplings sound? You can wash the...
July 14th, 2010 | Lauren Katulka | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Family Friendly, featuredarticle
Family Time Promotion At San Juan Marriott
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San Juan, Puerto Rico is a great destination for American families – lots of U.S. cities offer direct flights and citizens of the United States don’t require passports to travel there. For booking and travel from now until November 30, 2010, the San Juan Marriott is offering a package they call the ”BFV EVR” Package (text for ‘Best Family Vacation Ever’ Package).
Instead of offering kids’ clubs and programs that separate families for the day, the San Juan...
July 13th, 2010 | Corinne McDermott | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Family Friendly, hotel, puerto rico
Family Friendly Hotel: Azul Beach
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The Riviera Maya in Mexico is a great option for a trip with the family – stunning Caribbean beaches mixed with fantastic Maya culture and (mostly) kid-friendly Mexican food. Once your day at the beach is done, you’ll need a place to rest your head! Here’s a look at just one of your many options for accommodations in the Riviera Maya region of Mexico:
Azul Beach (map) is a boutique hotel of only 97 rooms just outside Puerto Morelos, a mere 15 minutes from the airport in Cancun (map). This...
July 12th, 2010 | Corinne McDermott | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: beach, Family Friendly, featuredarticle, hotel, Mexico
Let’s Party on Granville Street!
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During the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouverites found out how much fun it was to party on the street with many of the downtown thoroughfares blocked to traffic offering street entertainment to the Olympic revellers. Well, it went over so big that the City Council decided we should have more of the same. So starting July 3, for every weekend in the summer through to August 28, Granville Street (map)will be closed to traffic between Smithe Street (map) and West Hastings Street (map), and the street...
July 8th, 2010 | thevancouverguide | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: entertainment, Family Friendly, featuredarticle, festival, music
Riviera Maya For Families: Xcaret
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I love Mexico, and for family travel, Riviera Maya, Mexico is ideal since it combines the beauty of the Mexican and Maya culture with the beauty of Caribbean beaches. Accommodation options vary from boutique hotels to all inclusive family resorts. While my idea of a perfect family vacation involves little more than some sand, some salt water, and a bucket and shovel, I do like to change the scenery from time to time, and big family attractions that are educational are a definite bonus.
A while...
July 7th, 2010 | Corinne McDermott | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: Family Friendly, Mexico, riviera maya
School Holiday Dining Made Easy – Top 10 Child-Friendly Sydney Restaurants
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This weekend marks the start of the school holidays, and you know what that means. That’s right: you can say goodbye to time to yourself and hello to a full, noisy household. It even becomes difficult to enjoy that mid-morning coffee break, or lunch with the girls.
It may be difficult, but it’s certainly not impossible to enjoy a great meal with the kids. Just check our handy top 10 list of kid-friendly Sydney eateries!
Little Dynamo’s (corner of George & Allen Streets, Waterloo –...
July 3rd, 2010 | Lauren Katulka | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: dining, Family Friendly, restaurant, top-feature
Taste of Dallas has a lot on its plate
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Chef David Bull of Bolla restaurant in Dallas.
Now in its 24th year, the 2010 Taste of Dallas is having growing pains. So much is planned for this year’s festival that the whole thing is moving to Fair Park. Not only does this mean air-conditioning (hooray!), but there will be lots more room for all the activities lined up for the weekend of July 9th – 11th, 2010.
As you will see as you scroll down, this year’s Taste of Dallas in Fair Park is going to be an action-packed event....
July 1st, 2010 | Tui Cameron | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: celebrity chef, cooking demonstration, Family Friendly, festival
Free State Bluegrass Music Festival
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Dailey and Vincent will perform at this year's bluegrass festival.
There will be a whole lot of picking and grinning in Canton, Texas this week as the Free State Bluegrass Music Festival comes to town June 24-26, 2010. Now in its 34th year, this family-friendly hootenanny takes place in the Canton Civic Center, and yes, it is air-conditioned – or as they say in Texas, “It has air,” since staying cool in summer is as important as breathing.
This year’s line-up includes...
June 22nd, 2010 | Tui Cameron | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: bluegrass, Family Friendly, featuredarticle, festival, live music
B&Bs For Families
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... a resident of Arlington for some time and the Norman Rockwell Museum of Vermont (map) is located nearby.
Fall Wagon At Hill Farm Inn
To find more Family Friendly Manchester Accommodation, simply use the Search on iStopOver.com and select the ages of your children to see Inns that would be happy to host your little explorer. I feel excited to learn of the many new options available to us.
Photos courtesy: Hill Farm Inn
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June 22nd, 2010 | Corinne McDermott | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: B&B, Family Friendly, inn, vermont
A Dining Room With A View
... we went to L’Astral (map) – at the top of the Loew’s Hotel in Quebec City.
Truthfully I wasn’t certain that the restaurant would be at all Family Friendly, let alone stroller friendly. As our little guy was not yet 11 weeks, unless he was safely ensconced in his car seat or stroller, it was tough to get through a meal – well unless wrestling a wiggly infant on your shoulder while trying to navigate a fork to your mouth is your idea of an enjoyable meal!
Turns out I was wrong on all accounts...
June 18th, 2010 | Corinne McDermott | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: dining, Family Friendly, Quebec City, restaurant
Celebrate Italy at DC’s Festa Italiana
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In its 12th year, Festa Italiana, Washington DC’s official Italian street festival, is an authentic mix of Italian food, music, entertainment and fun, all sponsored by Fieri DC, the Italian Cultural Society of DC.
Festa Italiana celebrates Italian-American culture and this year’s festival feature the Molise region located in south central Italy.
The festa includes live music from Italian classical music composers, along with opera from soprano Beatrice Gilbert. For a more modern sound,...
June 12th, 2010 | Jon Rochetti | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: event, Family Friendly, featuredarticle, festival
Free Fishing Lessons at Texas State Parks
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Texas Parks and Wildlife is taking the old “teach a man to fish” adage to heart by offering free fishing classes throughout the state this summer. One of these Go Fish! events is scheduled for June 12th, 2010 at Cedar Hill State Park, which is an easy daytrip from the Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex.
Don’t worry if you lack equipment, loaner rods and reels are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. The park also provides bait, door prizes, and plenty of hands-on instruction....
June 5th, 2010 | Tui Cameron | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: Family Friendly, featuredarticle, fishing, outdoor recreation
Fun Things to Do in Chicago on Memorial Day
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Have Monday off from work? Here are some fun ways to spend your Memorial Day in Chicago and start the summer off right. (But, then what’s a better way to kick off Summer 2010 than a Blackhawks win this weekend against Philadelphia? Three cheers for the Blackhawks road to the Stanley Cup and their winning performance Saturday night.)
Fun ways to spend your Memorial Day in Chicago include:
Memorial Day Parade: March through Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood with members of the Wellington-Oakdale...
May 30th, 2010 | Lisa Davis | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Art, Family Friendly, featuredarticle, holidays, Memorial Day Weekend
Lake Stevens Grad Heads Props for Cirque du Soleil’s KOOZA
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Lots of kids may dream of growing up and joining the circus, but for Lake Stevens High School graduate Jeff Carlton that dream is a reality. I was excited to have a chance to interview JC, as he prefers to be called, to learn how a guy from the Pacific Northwest winds up with Cirque du Soleil.
Prop Master Jeff Carlton says anyone interested in the entertainment industry should consider joining the circus.
JC started his career with his own business building houses, and although he found it satisfying,...
May 27th, 2010 | Mary Jo Manzanares | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: circus, Family Friendly, performances, theater, top-feature
A Quiet Retreat on Mayne Island: The Blue Vista Resort
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The quiet beauty of Mayne Island, located in the Strait of Georgia on Active Pass, has always been a great attraction to my writer’s group, the Scribblers, and last weekend, after a couple of years absence, we eagerly returned to the island and the resort where we have always stayed. With the warm welcome we received from the new owners, it was a real ‘homecoming’. The Blue Vista Resort is situated among towering firs with a glimpse of the ocean. Deer often come to visit. ...
May 26th, 2010 | thevancouverguide | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Family Friendly, featuredarticle, Hotels & Places to Stay, Outdoors & Recreation
World Oceans Day and Dr. Seuss’s 50th Anniversary
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One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, a Dr. Seuss favorite book is the highlight as SEA LIFE Aquarium celebrates World Oceans Day. Families will be able to celebrate on June 5 from 10am-5pm. Festivities include an exploration diver as he reads the classic Dr. Seuss book underwater! The reading of the book is interspersed with questions and comments geared to get kids thinking about conserving our oceans and keeping fish populations safe. Your very own fish name in silly Seussian style,...
May 25th, 2010 | Pam Nagata | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Attractions, Family Friendly, featuredarticle
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