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Bay Area, California, United States
About Me & My Family
I'm a mother
1 Kids 2-2 years old all boys
1 Kids 2-2 years old all boys
the arrival of O-dogg has completely rocked planet lee. we've always loved to travel and now we just get a better work-out carrying all the extra gear.
Our Family's Travel Personality
adventurous, curious, relaxed, independent, energetic, spontaneous, easy_going
We Just Got Back From
Park City, UT
Our Favorite Vacation Spot
Anywhere with loved ones
A Place We'd Love To Visit
Middle East and New Zealand
Favorite Vacation Memory
Watching the O-dogg dance to techno music at the Starbucks in Hawaii airport.
Worst Travel Moment With My Kids:
Being in a vacation rental with all of our extended family for the holidays. 13 people in all. Was supposed to be a wonderful week of fun, but 10 out of 13 got struck with the stomach virus for a week straight. The lowlights can be summed up in: 4 trips to the ER, 2 IVs for our one year old nephew and a concussion from freeze tag for my brother in-law. What a start to the new year!
Free Museum Days in San Francisco
These days are often busier, but it's great for quick visits or for saving a bit of money for other stuff.
200 Larkin Street (between Fulton and McAllister Streets)
San Francisco, California
Comment:
Free the first Tuesday of the month from 10am-5pm
655 Mission Street
San Francisco, California
Comment:
Free the first Tuesday of the month. Open from 11am-5pm.
JFK Drive, Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, California
Comment:
Free the first Tuesday of the month. Open from 10am-4:30pm
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
San Francisco, California
Comment:
Free the first Tuesday of each month. Hours from 9:30am-5pm
reviewed on: August 13 2008
"King Tut and toddlers"
7/09 Just went this afternoon with my sister and 2 year old to check out King Tut. The exhibit is amazing, but long for a toddler. The lines are long and the exhibit is crowded. We had tickets for the 1:30-2pm entry and still waited about 45 minutes to get into the exhibit. Here's a secret. The lines are up on the main floor of the deYoung. Go downstairs where the garage entrance is and purchase your tickets and enter the exhibit there. You'll save yourself about 25 minutes of wait time.
Overall, there's plenty to check out and my son was wow'd by all the gold and kept asking to sit in the King Tut chairs. If your 2 year old is into his ABC's and animals, you can easily occupy his time looking for different animals (birds, lions, etc.) and reading off letters in all the exhibits. My favorite part was taking a picture at the end in the gift shop with the King Tut headpiece on each of our heads. My son is totally destined to be king. :)
We ate at the cafe around 12:30 and there were only 3 people ahead of us in line which was nice. We quickly ordered and the best part is that they bring the food to your table versus having to carry it all yourself. there's an Egyptian chicken dish that my sister got and it was awesome!
There's no real stroller parking for the exhibit, but you can leave it with security on the lower level.
8/08 We recently took my 18 month old son to the Chihuly exhibit here. The colors are captivating to both young and old. Definitely a must see.
The hard part was that many of the pieces were at floor level and within easy reach of a toddler who's eager to touch and explore anything that catches his eye. As a result, we had to hold him through the entire exhibit which is tough on the arms! Would recommend going with friends who can also take a shift in holding your young ones if you go.
34th Avenue & Clement Street
San Francisco, California
Comment:
Free the first Tuesday of the month. Open from 9:30am-5pm
151 Third Street (between Mission and Howard Streets)
San Francisco, California
Comment:
Free the first Tuesday of each month. Hours from 11am-6pm
reviewed on: September 06 2008
"Great for moms; Tough on toddlers"
I went recently with some friends to check out the Frida Kahlo exhibit with our two 1 year old sons. They were great for the first 30 minutes and then started to get bored. We took a snack break on the patio with the dinosaur which was really nice. They got to run around and check out all the vehicles on 4th street go by. It's a great place if your kids are either still stroller or carrier bound. Otherwise, you'll need to do a lot more entertaining. The in-house restaurant at the MOMA is fabulous. Amazing service. The staff was quick to find highchairs for us and help us with extra napkins and even entertain them when we needed to grab some extra utensils.
51 Yerba Buena Lane
San Francisco, California
Comment:
Free the first Tuesday of the month. Open from 11am-6pm
701 Mission St @ 3rd
San Francisco, California
Comment:
Free the first Tuesday of the month from 12-8pm
Palace of Fine Arts
3601 Lyon Street San Francisco, California
Comment:
Free the first Wednesday of the month. Open from 10am-5pm.
reviewed on: August 01 2008
"Can't wait to grow up"
I recently took my ambling toddler to the Exploratorium and was very impressed by the scope of all the exhibits. Definitely a discovery museum geared for older children, but my toddler still had plenty of fun playing with the tornado vortex creator, the levitating bubble maker, and exploring the area on light in the back and many other exhibits. I can't wait for him to grow up be able to enjoy some of the richer exhibits and the Tactile Dome. You have to be 7 to get into the Tactile Dome, but high schoolers even love exploring in there.
1 Zoo Road
Sloat Boulevard at Forty-fifth Avenue San Francisco, California
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Free the first Wednesday of the month for SF residents only. Why you gotta be like that? Open from 10am-5pm
55 Music Concourse Drive
San Francisco, California
Comment:
Free the third Wednesday of the month. Open from 9:30am-5pm
1651 Coyote Point Drive
San Mateo, California
Comment:
Free the first Sunday of each month. Open from noon-5pm.
