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BAY AREA FAMILY TRAVEL

Because trips are fun!

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Play Review: Chinglish Opening Night is a Hit
An American businessman who knows nothing about Chinese ways comes to China to ink a deal with his small, family-run signage company.  What ensues is cultural mayhem as he fumbles...
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Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa: Renewed and Ready for 21st Century Families
Anyone who has kids and trots with them into a fancy hotel knows the feeling of having to reign in Little Junior when he gets a wee rambunctious.  However, the newly remodeled...
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New Food Products We Love NOW
MarieBelle Chocolates: Direct from New York City comes an amazing array of gourmet chocolates, and we wanted to get you ready for holiday gift giving. Now we have a female CEO, Maribel...
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Long Awaited Zoo Opens in Palo Alto
After eight years of development and planning and fundraising, the new Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo has opened to the public, almost twice as big as its predecessor, and more importantly,...
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Yosemite’s ADA services:  Pluses and Minuses
You’ve planned a trip to Yosemite National Park, and a few weeks before you travel, you tear your Achilles tendon and wind up in a wheelchair. Do you cancel?  Heck no!  Yosemite...
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Glendeven Inn and Lodge: A Glamorous Farmstay without the Chores in Mendocino's Little River
Hope is pregnant with triplets. Hope, the llama, that is. This morning, spring is in the air. And the signs of nature are everywhere.  In the middle of the grove, wildflowers...
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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 …