Travel
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Travel :: Best Places to Visit in the Fall
“To travel is to live.” Hans Christian Andersen, The Fairy Tale of My Life, An Autobiography During my twenties I traveled as much as I could while living in Japan and have visited remote towns in Vietnam and Thailand but have yet to visit Europe! Those Southeast Asia travels opened up my eyes to the vastness of the world and I came to understand how much I had to learn. Since my daughter was born, we have not had the opportunity to travel as much as most can attest to how much work it is to travel with little ones. Now that she is older, we are planning on broadening our horizons…
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What’s Hot in Southern California :: Sea Life Aquarium at LEGOLAND
This week we will be visiting LEGOLAND California Resort to help celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day on Thursday, the 19th. There will be two Penelope readings, and I will be hosting our annual Talk Like a Pirate Facebook Party from one of the LEGOLAND Hotel pirate rooms and handing out pirate booty! To read more about the fun events we have planned go to our post here. And make sure to enter our 4 Ticket Hopper LEGOLAND CA giveaway courtesy of LEGOLAND CA! One of the things I am most excited to see and explore is the Sea Life Aquarium at LEGOLAND. The SEA LIFE Aquarium at LEGOLAND California Resort…
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Talk Like a Pirate Facebook Party September 19th
It was three years ago this month that I found out about International Talk Like a Pirate Day. On September 19th the entire world is asked to “talk like a pirate” for the day! This idea was started over 10 years ago by Mark “Cap’n Slappy” Summers and John “Chumbucket” Baur. I had a chance to interview these two fun mates and you can read more about how the idea to “Talk Like a Pirate” came to them and why they chose September 19th as the day to talk like a pirate here on my author site. As many of you know, my first storybook app and book, Penelope the…
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Culture :: Lunches From Around the World
Lunches From Around the World Kids around the world are preparing to go back to school—that means homework, new friends and … lunch? Yes, that’s right! Let’s visit different countries and see what yummy food the school kids eat every day! France- French children enjoy a 3 or 4-course meal that is made from high-quality ingredients, and is mostly made from scratch. The children all sit in the same eating area, the cafeteria. An interesting fact is that there are no vending machines in schools, because they’re banned due to the high sugar and fat content of the treats they carry. Typical school lunches here can have a…
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Instagram of the Week :: The Japanese Garden Lantern
While perusing through an estate sale years ago, I found this very cool Japanese Garden Lantern in the garden. It fit in with my whole Japanese/Modern look I like and when I came home I immediately put it in my garden. One of my favorite things to do while living in Japan, which I wish I had done more often, was to scour the antique shops. They were usually small little shops with countless items for sale. As a foreigner I didn’t really know what was valuable or not, but I pick what I loved and don’t think too much about the value of the item. This way I figure, I fill my house…
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Camping with Kids: 5 Tips to Ensure You Triumph Over Nature
Memorial Day weekend has long been considered the unofficial start of summer. In 2013, AAA estimated that 34.8 million people would drive 50 miles or more on that holiday, and vacation traffic only gets worse by the Fourth of July and after, when the weather really starts to heat up. Anyone who lives near the coast or by a lake knows the roadways become gridlocked with RVs and campers, trucks pulling boats and jet skis, and cars saddled with roof-racks carrying more bicycles than you will find at the Tour de France. Where is everyone going? Camping, of course. Spending a week at a campground in the summer…