About Me
I'm Debbie, mother of two delicious kids,
and I write about traveling with little kids. That's
my 6-month old son in Paris on Halloween.
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San Francisco is packed with fun activities for both kids and their parents. The city has a great reputation for being a livable city with some of the country's best food won't be lost on you when you visit with kids. Ethnic restaurants are almost always kid friendly, and many upscale restaurants have special kids nights.
Four Seasons San Francisco If money is no object, the Four Seasons San Francisco is our ...
Hilton San Francisco While this hotel is huge and corporate feeling, the prime location makes ...
Hotel del Sol Hotel del Sol is conveniently located, kid-durable yet hip, filled with great ...
The Orchard Hotel This boutique hotel is well located, close to Union Square. Rooms are ...
Westin St Francis This historic hotel's lobby is more recently renovated than its rooms. Still, ...
A 16 A 16, one of the highest rated pizza and pasta restaurants in ...
Cafe Madeline This small coffee shop serves freshly made salads and sandwiches, but their ...
Chenery Park Restaurant This excellent neighborhood restaurant was one of the first in the city ...
Citizen Cupcake In addition to the gourmet cupcakes and pastries that the name would ...
Crepe O Chocolat In addition to the obvious sweets, this restaurant serves delicious sandwiches and ...
Alcatraz Island National Park Even if your kids are too young to understand what a jail ...
Cable Car Ride The cable cars are worth riding, at least once (and parents with ...
Children's Carousel Take a ride on this beautiful, hand carved, 1906 Carousel. The carousel ...
Children's Garden (Playground) at Yerba Buena The Children's Garden, on the rooftop at Yerba Buena Gardens is among ...
De Young Art Museum (Fine Arts Museum) The de Young museum of Fine Arts has made a special effort ...
Japanese Weekend Japanese Weekend sells comfortable, great looking maternity clothing. I bought a few ...
Kidrobot If your kids are crazy for robots, action figures, or cool japanese ...
This is a guest post from Amy of PitStopsForKids. On her blog, Amy shares her favorite roadside restaurants, attractions, motels and more, and parents can also submit their recommendations. Amy was kind enough to share some of her favorite ideas for places to stop between Portland, OR and San Francisco ...
Wondering what you'll sneak out to see and do during BlogHer? Looking for some great neighborhoods to explore, some offbeat experiences, or perhaps the best shopping in town? Here are some of my favorite online resources for planning a trip to San Francisco
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When it started raining during our planned playground time on our most recent trip to San Francisco, everyone scattered. I took (sleeping) D with me and hit the stores at Union Square while my husband took E to a bowling alley located right in the heart of San Francisco's ...
A hilight of our trip to San Francisco was a family visit to the Exploratorium. In this picture, E watches the smoke (cold steam) rise in a smoke filled chamber. The chamber was big enough for the kids to run around in, creating their air movement patterns, and watch how ...
Little D and I woke up early after our first night in San Francisco. I think we were both excited to explore the city. Starbucks always provides a low-key and easy to find breakfast when we are visiting a new city, so we sneaked out for some banana bread, cheerios ...
My earliest experiences exploring a major city were in San Francisco. I grew up about 20 minutes south of San Francisco. On weekends, my parents would often take us up to "the city" to explore attractions like the Steinhart Aquarium, Chinatown and the Exploratorium. As we got older, the excursions ...
Anyone who has met E knows how fascinated he is by doors. He loves to open and close any kind of door, and we often have to wait while he opens doors for strangers, watches automatic doors close after us, or figures out how a lock works. In school the ...
I challenge myself to do something new (and ideally better) on each trip with the kids. For this trip, I challenged myself to pack only carry-on baggage. We’ve always tried to travel light (whatever that means for a family of four with two kids in diapers) but this time ...
