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  Guest Post: Imagination Celebration

  Please help me welcome, Spark OC… “the leading online resource for Arts and Cultural information for Orange County. ” If you haven’t ever checked out their incredible site, do it now – because it is absolutely amazing! It’s basically like one-stop shopping for everything Arts & Cultural in Orange County. They offer the “largest database of [...]

   
   

• Zoomars, A Great OC Petting Zoo

  image via flickr I have nightmares about going to L.A. Zoo when I was young and walking up a huge hill in the summer heat. I don’t love zoos, so I try to find substitutes for outings with the kids, like pet stores and petting zoos. Zoomars in San Juan Capistrano is a great example [...]

   
   

• Swallows Day Parade

  image via flckr We try to go to the Swallows Day Parade every year because it is so family friendly. The parade is the largest non-motorized parade in the country and over 500 horses participate. It celebrates the legend of the return of the swallows to San Juan Capistrano. The parade will take place in [...]

   
   

• The Ramos House Cafe

  Recently while wandering through historic San Juan Capistrano we came across The Ramos House Cafe. I love the idea behind the restaurant “Like the old days, its owner lives and works at the house. The wines are kept in the cellar, the herbs are grown in the garden and the ice cream is turned out [...]

   
   

• Summer Fun at the Mission San Juan Capistrano

  The Mission San Juan Capistrano has plenty of events to keep your family busy all summer. FREE STORY DAYS With Price of Admission all SummerThursdays at 10:30 AM to 11:30 am June 19: The Mission ’s Legendary Man: Father O’SullivanJune 26: Birds of the Endless Summer: Capistrano’s Cliff SwallowsJuly 3: Famous Stories of San Juan [...]