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7 Ways to Enjoy Spring Break on a Budget-

7 Ways to Enjoy Spring Break on a Budget

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Spring Break is here again. The kids are off school for a week, and they’re longing to make it a real vacation. But Disney World or the Grand Canyon just aren’t in your budget this year. Don’t worry. Here we present 7 inexpensive family…
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Fun Activities for Kids in San Francisco

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San Francisco is a fun, family friendly city where you won’t need a car to get around. It has great public transportation, as much as San Franciscans may complain about it. You can get all around town on buses, metro, old fashioned trams…
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Celebrating Mardi Gras with the Kids in New Orleans

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Living in New Orleans during Mardi Gras is a lot of fun. I will first tell you that it’s a myth that Mardi Gras is a tourist-only holiday. And you may also be surprised to know that this holiday is very kid-friendly. All you have to do…
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Make Sure Your Family Reunion is Not a Family Rebellion!

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Perhaps your family does it every year. Or maybe it’s Grandma’s 80th birthday, or your parents’ 50th anniversary or hell, just summer. At one time or another, if we’re lucky, we all participate in a family reunion. With so many people…
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Learn Spanish on Vacation at 5 Fun Destinations #BilingualPlus

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So you want to learn Spanish or you’re already bilingual, but want to brush up on your Spanish language skills. What better way to learn Spanish than on vacation? For singles, couples or families, the Spanish-speaking world offers plenty…
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Mamiverse Guide of Rome for Families With Kids

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I live in Italy, and I’ve spent a lot of time in Rome. Now that I’m a mother, I tend to look at things differently than I did pre-parenthood, and that includes how I look at travel. Rome is one of the most historic, fascinating cities…
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Why It’s More Fun to Travel With Your Adult Kids

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Family vacations change as your kids get older. You go from taking your toddlers to amusement parks and zoos to enduring decidedly unamused teenagers sulking in the backseat of the minivan. But when your kids are older, you may just find that…
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Mamiverse Guide to the Dominican Republic

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This past August, the Ministry of Tourism of the Dominican Republic invited me on a media trip that took me and a few other bloggers and journalists to different parts of this beautiful country. We visited Santo Domingo, La Romana and Bayahibe…
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Live the Fantasy: How Celebs Spend Their Summer Vacations

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While most of us mere mortals only have room for a week at the beach or perhaps a trip to Disneyland in our summer vacation budget, celebs tend to spend their leisure time frolicking bikini-clad in exotic locales. Since vicarious living is…