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July 2008

Theme: “Escapes, Real and Imagined”

A Month of Escapes, Real and Imagined: What Did You Miss?

Jul
31
Thu

Wrapping up this month of wandering (in fact or just in mind) feels like settling in again, happily, after a trip. It was so good to be away, and it is so good to be home. We listened to our favorite summer music; we listened to our favorite children's books on CD. We used our best travel lifesavers, and we leveraged the pages and pages of info in all of our favorite family travel resources

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SavvyPicks: Best Family Travel Resources

Jul
30
Wed

As you know by now in our meander through a month's worth of daydreaming about escapes, we truly adore getting away with our families. And we are daunted by it, too. When we do set our sights on different environs, we turn to the following essential resources for planning, packing, investigation and inspiration. Here are our Savvy-est picks for family travel resources:The Savviest Insiders'

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Jul
29
Tue

Still looking for an easy summer escape from the grind and the routine? There's one ready made for preschoolers and parents at every ball park in the country. Yup, these kids of ours really enjoy an afternoon at a baseball game. The pleasures are many: spotting favorite players, keeping score, hot dogs, popcorn and a little lemonade, perhaps a nice nap during the middle innings (we can always

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All the Way to China

Jul
28
Mon

When you can barely conceive of the other side of town, the other side of the world can sound awfully intriguing. We know certain small explorers who have imagined that they might be able to get all the way to China through a hole in the ground, if they could just dig it deep enough. They send their dolls and action figures down to check if there is a light at the end of the tunnel they

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An Escape on a Sugar Cone! Let's Have Some Ice Cream!

Jul
26
Sat

Nothing says summer like a drippy, delicious ice cream cone. Except maybe a drippy, delicious ice cream clutched in the mitts of your flush-cheeked preschooler! Consider it a newly declared national holiday -- go get an ice cream today! Chocolate dipped, sprinkles, banana split, cup or cone. Gelato, frozen custard, shaved ice, homemade, storebought. Just go!Looking for the absolute best ice

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