Universal Studios vs Disney
Guest post by Dori Kaplan Both Disneyland and Universal Studios are popular theme parks in California, but what are the differences? This year, we skipped our usual day at California Adventure and...
View ArticleBattleBots filming: What to expect
My son is a huge BattleBots fan. But the BattleBots filming was going to be in Long Beach, California and we live in New Jersey. We weren’t making a special trip to watch the filming. Lucky us – after...
View ArticleA Day at Fisherman’s Wharf
This is the first article in our series this week on San Francisco. If you’re visiting San Francisco, you’re going to want to spend a day at Fisherman’s Wharf. It’s kind of like Times Square in the...
View ArticleSan Francisco CityPASS Review
This is part of our series this week on San Francisco. When we visited San Francisco recently, we were given a San Francisco CityPASS for review purposes. We already planned on seeing many of the...
View ArticleA day in Japantown San Francisco
*This is part of our series this week on San Francisco.* Japantown San Francisco is one of my favorite places. And my teen son loves it too, so when we were spending our spring break in San Francisco,...
View ArticleReview: KitTea Cat Cafe in San Francisco
*This is part of our series this week on San Francisco.* We’ve been to two cat cafés, so we wanted to try KitTea Cat Café in San Francisco. I learned not to go late afternoon like we did – the cats...
View ArticleReview: Smitten Ice Cream in San Francisco
Smitten Ice Cream in Hayes Valley. Copyright Deborah Abrams Kaplan *This is part of our series this week on San Francisco.* I’ve been wanting to try Smitten Ice Cream in San Francisco for a long time...
View ArticleDandelion Chocolate Factory and Cafe in San Francisco
*This is part of our series this week on San Francisco.* When you’re in the Mission district getting most excellent burritos and other Mexican food, don’t miss a trip to Dandelion Chocolate factory...
View ArticleReview: Walt Disney Family Museum
This is the last post in our San Francisco series. The Walt Disney Family Museum in the San Francisco Presidio opened in 2009, and I regret that this was my first visit. I can’t wait to go back – there...
View ArticleBattlebots Filming – What to Expect (2019 version)
This spring we went to the Battlebots filming for the second year in a row. If you’re a fan of the show, you might notice that this year is a little different than last year. The big difference is...
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