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BAY AREA FAMILY TRAVEL

Because trips are fun!

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Why Families Should Love the Tri-VAlley
It’s marketed as the Tri-Valley as a way to draw attention to San Ramon Valley, Livermore Valley, and Amador Valley, once and still a dominant agricultural region in the East Bay. While...
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Half Moon Bay's Fattoria e Mare Gets Seafood Right
I’m sitting at the “money table,” and by time we’re done eating, I feel rich… with food, that is.  Here in Half Moon Bay, one of the newer kids on Main Street is Fattoria e Mare....
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Hip, Hip, Rooh-ray! ROOH’s progressive Indian cuisine hits it out of the park
A date night. A wedding shower. An anniversary. A family reunion. These, plus more, are all reasons to dine at the exquisite ROOH, billed as a “progressive” Indian fine dining establishment...
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Solar Lantern Does Good
When you want to make an intentional decision to support vendors that are doing the world good, we have one product that will make everyone happy. The Solarpuff is a four-inch-square...
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Westin Maui Resort and Spa, Ka’anapali $120 Million Transformation Gets a Million Thumbs Ups
It’s a kid magnet for sure.  At the Westin Maui Resort and Spa Ka’anapali, a new interactive Keiki Splash Zone features tall, lime green poles resembling tilting stalks that are...
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Yosemite Tent Cabins: A Great Way to Camp With Kids While Saving Your Back
When my kids were small, my husband and I mini-vanned to state parks, met up with like-minded, nature-loving families, and proceeded to set up all our tents and campfires together. ...
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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 …