Traveling produces potent memories, and one of the most indelible experiences I’ve had on the road took place on the grounds of a former rice plantation outside Charleston, South Carolina called Middleton Place. I can’t remember exactly why we …
MLK, Jr. Day Reflections: 12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen & a Charleston, SC Plantation
1.20.14
The Last Bookstore
Are your local Barnes and Nobles bookstores either closing or overrun with computer-fixated patrons? Are you a little too dependent upon your Amazon wish list? We might have the perfect https://www.thefamilysavvy.com/2014/01/the-last-bookstore/ to modern book malaise: a cavernous and strangely beautiful …
3 Reasons to Explore DTLA
Surprise, surprise! DTLA has been listed at the tippy top of several travel lists for 2014. GC magazine declared that “America’s Next Best City is inside LA” — declaring DTLA one of the coolest places in the country …
Hockney at the de Young in San Francisco
The Family Savvy reviews David Hockney's The Bigger Exhibit at SF's de Young Museum.
1.14.14
Giselle at The Music Center- Ticket Offer for Subscribers (Tea and a Film, too!)
The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s critically acclaimed staging of Giselle comes to town for four performances between January 31 and February 2… in time to put us all in the mood for Valentine’s Day! The ballet is known as …
Gray Whale Watching this Winter (and a Ticket Offer)
It's a perfect time of year to go get out on the ocean to see Gray Whales. Book a trip through the Aquarium of the Pacific.
Start the Year with David Hockney
Our New Year’s Resolution is to get to San Francisco before January 20 to see the de Young Museum’s extremely popular show, David Hockney: A Bigger Exhibition, which is only on view until January 20.
David Hockney, Yosemite I,
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Remembering Mandela
The media has been saturated with accounts of Mr. Mandela’s extraordinary life since his death last week at the age of 95. Much of it is worth reading — notably Nadine Gordimer and Philip Gourevitch in The New Yorker.
The …
Common Sense Media: The Basic Rules of Parenting Apply
Technology and media are fabulous additions to our lives, but teaching kids to manage these resources is the #1 issue in parent’s lives
We all have a story about the movie that we should not have let our children watch. …
