Non-touristy things to do in Los Angeles: 16 places locals go
What’s the soul of Los Angeles really like? We show you with these 8 non-touristy things to do in LA!
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Things to do in Los Angeles with teens: 21 that They’ll Enjoy
Kalyra was 12 when she stood on the Hollywood Walk of Fame looking for one particular star, and I watched her face do the thing I’d been waiting years to see. She wanted to win
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A WNBA night at the Chase Center: taking my teen to see the Dallas Wings
When I surprised Savannah with tickets to see the Dallas Wings play in San Francisco, she screamed, dropped to the floor of our dining room, and rolled around in tears. I sat here eating my
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San Francisco With Teens: 18 Things They’ll Actually Love
We had to build game-time prep into our San Francisco trip, and I was a little baffled by it. We’re going to a basketball game. Couldn’t we spend that hour finding a good flat white
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6 days in Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia: three national parks into one California road trip
We were somewhere on the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway, dropping 4,000 feet into a canyon that kept narrowing, the Kings River appearing below us like a turquoise thread, when 14 year old Savannah who had
Goriška Brda: the day the Slovenia trip finally let me exhale
There’s a table on the edge of a hill in Gornje Cerovo in Slovenia where the vineyards fall away in front of you and keep going until they turn into Italy. On a clear evening
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Mount Triglav, Slovenia: the summit I skipped and the three hours that taught me more.
There’s a stretch of Mount Triglav, maybe 50 meters below a small wooden hut, where I gripped a rock face with both hands and swore at it. I was scared in a way I don’t
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Adventure activities in Slovenia: how to choose your speed, from canyon jumps to a gentle city ride
I sat in a 10°C river for 10 minutes and came out grinning. That was the afternoon after a morning of jumping off canyon walls and rappelling down a 50-meter waterfall on a rope. By
2 Days in Ljubljana: The Bike Tour, the Art District, and What I’d Do Differently
I lost a day in Ljubljana before I ever got there. Cancelled flight out of Raleigh, then a delayed one, then an overnight reroute through London that ate the extra day I’d deliberately built into
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Vintgar Gorge, Slovenia: Read This Before You Book (The Walk Back Is Longer Than You Think)
We came out the far end of Vintgar Gorge feeling pleased with ourselves and then stood in the middle of the forest for a while trying to work out how to get back. It’s a
Things to Do at Lake Bled: What’s Worth Your Time
On our second night in Lake Bled we walked back from dinner past a small bar on the edge of the lake, and there was a band on. A local band, singing in Slovenian, playing
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First-Timer’s Guide to Watching the New York Liberty Play in Brooklyn
The main reason for our recent 3-night getaway to New York City was because my 14-year-old daughter Savannah is a die-hard WNBA fan. And when the New York Liberty schedule lined up with a game
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