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deYoung Museum: David Hockney

David Hockney‘s Bigger Exhibition made a memorable grand finale for the Friday Nights at the de Young. It is indeed a happy exhibit to visit again, and travel from California to Iceland, Norway and East Yorkshire through beautiful timescapes! EXHIBITION … Continue reading

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San Francisco Opera: The Barber Of Seville For Families

The Barber Of Seville For Families was a nice introduction to opera for kids and a day in San Francisco is always a treat! This time we’ve enjoyed the 20th Century Cafe for lunch, before the Barber, and Smitten Ice … Continue reading

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SAN FRANCISCO: Swedish Saturday

We’ve started our Swedish itinerary this Saturday at the opening day of a new exhibit at the Legion of Honor: Anders Zorn: Sweden’s Master Painter. It was an extraordinary beautiful exhibit and a rich day, although we’ve missed the Anders … Continue reading

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Bay Area Science Festival: Discovery Days

A fun event that we wish would happen more than once a year! Outdoor science, perfect October weather, myriads of science experiments that will satisfy every curious mind, and surprisingly, not extremely crowded… on short a day to remember and … Continue reading

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Santa Cruz: Natural Bridges & Monarch Butterflies

A fall or winter visit to Natural Bridges is like an annual ritual to see the monarchs. Planned or unplanned, we somehow end up here almost every year. Some years have fewer monarchs, but this October was already bright with … Continue reading

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NASA Ames: Go LADEE!

Today NASA Ames organized a wonderful science event starting in the afternoon and ending with the LADEE launch. LADEE (pronounced “laddie”) stands for Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, a robotic mission on its way to orbit the moon to … Continue reading

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SAN FRANCISCO: Summer Itineraries 2013

EXPLORATORIUM Exploratorium@Pier15: Grand Opening New Exploratorium Showcases Maps and Views of San Francisco Bay Outdoor Gallery & Exploratorium FISHERMAN’S WARF Boudin Museum & Demonstration Bakery Musée Mécanique FORT POINT NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE Online Park Fun GOLDEN GATE PARK California Academy … Continue reading

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SFMOMA: On the Go

We bid farewell to our favorite museum this Sunday. SFMOMA was our favorite childhood museum, the minimods will definitely miss the kids museum tours and workshops! Looking forward to the grand re-opening in 2016 🙂

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MONTALVO: Final Fridays

We finally made it to the Final Friday in May 🙂 We were very curious to see the outcome of the Dwellings project and enjoyed building a few more cardboard houses, discovered what Happiness is…, and even took a surprising … Continue reading

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deYoung: Girl with a Pearl Earring

I had a feeling that if we were so late to see the Dutch exhibit at the deYoung we better wait a bit more and vist its new home, at the Mauritshuis. Well, we will hopefully do that, because today … Continue reading

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