Fun

North Orange County parks aren’t featured heavily on this site, because we haven’t had many recommendations. If you live in north Orange County, please recommend your favorite parks so we …

Channel Islands Harbor is about an hour north of Los Angeles off the 101 Freeway (exit Victoria). As you’re approaching Channel Islands Boulevard, you’ll notice a fairly new development to …

The Woodbury maze garden sits within the Woodbury neighborhood in Irvine anchored by Woodbury Community Park. When we were visiting Settler’s Park, a family recommended we check out Woodbury. My …

I’m an ocean kid. My dad was a Chief Engineer in the Merchant Marines. My great grandfather engineered steamships on the Great Lakes. To quote Jimmy Buffet, “the sea’s in …

Discovery Beach is the name for this game that’s part puzzle, part matching, and part ocean education. The game is self-contained in a box with clear plastic cover, hidden from …

My kids love homemade anything. Don’t we all? Homemade cookies, homemade toys, homemade playdough, homemade forts all make their list of favorites. For every mom, however, there is implicit meaning …

Bonito Canyon Park in San Clemente is a great park for older climbers and nearby the Boys & Girls Club. Ocean breezes keep it cooler.

Huntington State Beach off Brookhurst is a perfect spot for families looking to spend the day at the beach.

(Me, on the playground in 1970-something. I still have that sweater.) We eat together almost every evening in our house. Normal dinner conversation is usually entertainment enough. We share our …

Looking for an Ojai hike along Shelf Road? A good friend and I recently escaped for a weekend away. My favorite mini-outing was hiking in Ojai. We found the hike …