Santa Catalina Island works best for families who plan around three things: the ferry schedule, the child’s age, and the cost of booked activities. Avalon itself is compact and easy to explore on foot. The…
Most visitors reach Santa Catalina Island by ferry, but flying there in a small private aircraft turns the journey into part of the experience. There is no scheduled commercial airline service to Catalina Island. Private…
Barnes & Noble’s Book Haul Sale is back, making this a particularly good time to refresh your bookshelf, find children’s books for the new school year, or start shopping early for gifts. The main attraction…
Bass Pro Shops may be best known for fishing, hunting, and camping gear, but the Bass Pro Shops at Alton Marketplace in Irvine, California, feels much broader than a typical sporting goods store. Walk through the…
PIER 39 is one of those San Francisco places that can look extremely touristy at first glance—and, to be fair, it is—but there is enough here to make it genuinely worth adding to a first…
