As you can imagine, Earth Day is sort of a big deal in these parts. Here are a few upcoming Earth Day events in the East Bay: PLANT IT EARTH! at MOCHA, Tuesday-Friday, April 20-25, 10 am to 3 pm. Drop-in art studio at the Museum of Children’s Art in Oakland. Earth Day at Habitot, [...]
Earth Day activities for kids around the East Bay
April 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Babies, Events, Holidays, Kids, Toddlers
Free admission to national parks this week!
April 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Babies, Frugality, Kids, Parks/Playgrounds, Toddlers
Entrance to all 392 National Parks is free during National Park Week, April 17-25! Bay Area On The Cheap has a roundup of national parks in the Bay Area. Some of these (such as the Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park) are free anyway, but some (e.g. Muir Woods) normally charge fairly [...]
Gardening and flower activities for kids in the East Bay!
March 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Babies, Food, Kids, Museums, Toddlers
Sorry for the long silence on this blog – our family moved to a new house, a nearly month-long ordeal of packing and unpacking with children and cat underfoot. Most of us have recovered from the trauma, though, and our sunny little backyard encourages us to plot large vegetable beds and google “how to take [...]
Tags:Aletheia·flowers·garden·gardening·Richmond·Solano County·Suisun·trains·Western Railway Museum
Activity Review: Sadiedey’s Cafe
February 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Activities, Babies, Relaxation, Toddlers
These are the rainy days, my friends. To quote Dr. Seuss’ classic “The Cat in the Hat“: The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house All that cold, cold wet day. I sat there with Sally. We sat there, we two. And I said, “How I [...]
Tags:Aletheia·cafe·coffee·indoor·Oakland·playground·rainy day·Sadiedey's Cafe·snacks·Temescal
Free Family Concerts from the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
February 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Babies, Events, Frugality, Kids, Toddlers
Turn off the Wiggles, and expose your tots to a little culture! The San Francisco Chamber Orchestra has a series of free family concerts in February and April, with performances in San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, and San Mateo. Here are the details on the February concert series: Family Concert II: Music and Song with the [...]
Tags:Aletheia·Berkeley·concert·free·orchestra·San Francisco·San Mateo