Jacky Runice
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You'll find bed, bath and way beyond at these lodgingsMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - If, in your official capacity of family travel planner extraordinaire, you're eliciting yawns and sighs and glazed-over eyes at the question of "mountains or beach this ...
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Get a move on with an activity-filled vacationMar 22, 2008 11:00 pm - When I was a kid, this was my summer routine: get up, grab a quick bowl of cereal, play outside until lunch; have lunch, swim at the local park district pool and play ou...
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Poor economy doesn't mean your vacation is down the drainMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - With the economy on a slow flush to the water reclamation district, vacations might be one of the leisure things families trim this year. Sharp tour operators, resorts a...
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Get your game on, go play at skate or surf campMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Deep into a winter that seems endless, you're looking forward to that week of your kids' summer camp when you have the house to yourself. Come on, you know that by day t...
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Figure the best formula for your national park vacationMar 01, 2008 10:00 pm - If you're planning a trip that doesn't offer a built-in list of activities, at a national park for example, you need to do a little homework to ensure the best experienc...
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Take the birthday party on the road to RockfordFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - With three children, I've suffered birthday party nightmares more than a few times. There was the year my daughter's May celebration was diverted indoors due to rain, wh...
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Float these cruise vacations past your crewFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas offers everything from a surf simulator to the first-ever Nickelodeon Family Cruise. If you haven't thought about a floating family...
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Foreign lands are as close as CaliforniaFeb 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Considering the dreadful exchange rate for American dollars abroad, families might have to tuck away the idea of a trip to a foreign country this year. There are domesti...
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For a quick getaway with the kids, be keen on KenoshaFeb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - It's here, the part of winter that features soot-capped snow mounds, gloomy skies, subzero temps, bouts of the blues and boredom and cries of "If I don't get out of this...
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Vote for a presidential getawayJan 26, 2008 10:00 pm - It was the day before school resumed after winter break when the kids suddenly became interested in the calendar to see when the next break would occur. After all, four ...