Mama’s on Washington Square : Dining With Kids in San Francisco

Mama's on Washington Square : Dining With Kids in San Francisco

If you’re heading to a new city it pays to do a little research when working out where to eat with the kids. To the dismay of T, I’m not so good at that and often feel my way to a new cafe. Lucky for us, on our transit to San Francisco, he read a little write up about …

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5 Car Garages to Visit in Los Angeles : The Dads California Bucket List

5 Car Garages to Visit in Los Angeles : The Dad’s California Bucket List

When we head out an adventure, every member of our family has the opportunity to put forward the places, attractions and experiences they would like us to do at some point. I usually put forward museums, art galleries and historical venues. The kids offer suggestions of amusement parks, anything with water and perhaps a doughnut …

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J. Paul Getty Museum : Exploring The Getty with Kids

J. Paul Getty Museum : Exploring The Getty with Kids

On every trip we take it is certain that somewhere on our Bucket List I will have a museum or two listed. I can’t help myself – they’re just such a wealth of knowledge. It will not surprise you then to hear that I had quite the list for our California trip.  Can you guess what …

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Hearst Castle : Exploring a Historic Monument with Kids

Hearst Castle : Exploring a Historic Monument with Kids

Pick up almost any Californian Tour book or brochure and you will find a few pages dedicated to the very small town of San Simeon. Positioned almost halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles you could blink and miss it while driving along Highway 1 with its entire area only 2.1 square kilometres in size. So …

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Alcatraz with Kids : Top 5 Tips for Family Fun Adventure

Alcatraz with Kids : Top 5 Tips for Family Fun Adventure

As a huge Clint Eastwood fan, Alcatraz has been on T’s top 10 Bucket List destinations for a very long time. There was no doubt that when planning our family adventure to California that it would be on our itinerary. By the time we arrived in San Francisco tickets to Alcatraz were only available for dates …

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