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BAY AREA FAMILY TRAVEL

Because trips are fun!

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Things to Do This Fall & Winter
  San FranciscoFairmont San Francisco’s Spirited Tea:  Available Saturdays and Sundays, 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., until Nov. 2. This formal afternoon tea arrives with a spook-tacular...
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Savor Tea Time On the Napa Valley Wine Train
In my book, any time is a good time for tea time. On a recent Saturday in downtown Napa, my daughter-in-law Grace and I boarded the Napa Valley Wine Train for a formal tea that featured...
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Crustacean San Francisco: Three Words-MUST Have Crab
It’s the ultimate immigrant success story. Vietnamese family in 1975 snags the last cargo plane to safety to the United States before the fall of Saigon.  Mother and three daughters...
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New Products We Love
Go-Kit First Aid Cute and portable, and you can plan now for Christmas gifting. This is an indispensable tool brought to you by the Pepper Family, an entrepreneurial clan that has just...
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Mendocino Grove: Glamping for Families Means No More Tears
Children swinging on hammocks. New parents nuzzling babies in the glow of the campfire.  Pet lovers playing fetch with Rover.  At a time when overdependence on technology...
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Goods for Gifting
BUDDHA JUMPS OVER THE WALL RECIPE BOOK:  A colorful cookbook that is also a cartoon manga? No way!  This clever paperback written by Ying Chang Compestine and illustrated by Vivian...
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about baft

Ever since I got my first set of wheels (tricycle wheels that is), I’ve always wanted to be on the move. If you are like me, you yearn to escape to destinations both near and far. You aren’t afraid to ask a proprietor for a behind-the-scenes tour nor afraid to sample pickled watermelon rind if that’s the town’s local specialty.  Bay Area Family Travel is born out of my love for …