San Diego’s Premier Beachfront Destination for Family-Friendly Fun When folks picture Southern California, they might bring up a mental image of Disneyland, or perhaps the golden coastline and its accompanying aqua waters. But I can guarantee at some point in their imaginings, they’re thinking about sunny San Diego. Nearly perfect

I was out with my husband and our two teens last year on Mother’s Day. He’d asked what I wanted to do and I thought something super low key – dinner in and a family movie night sounded just about right. This year, my 15-year-old daughter decided on an entirely

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If someone casually told me they’d be vacationing in the Sonoran Desert, I’d tell them to stop pulling my leg. Sounds like scorpions and a sunburn. But the moment a friend or colleague mentions Palm Springs, another mental image pops up entirely: and it isn’t one I’d run from. The

The Premier Destination for a Shopping “Stay-cation” There’s a rather extensive text chain on my phone right now containing the gleeful thoughts and plans of my group of mom-friends who could all use a girl’s weekend away, with a spring-full of options to save the date. Per usual, even though

I took a ballroom dancing class in college. The first day, the instructor told us that there were two styles he wouldn’t teach us: the first, tango. Too passionate, he noted, for a class of college kids. We laughed it off. Then he said flamenco. Too passionate, he noted for

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A few years back my teenage daughter came home from school using the phrase “beyond.” I gathered after it was expressed a few times that it meant “extra,” or “really great.” And then I felt very old. After enough time passes though, those juvenile phrases you think you’re unlikely to