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Book Nook: Alcatraz East Facebook Book Club

Motherhood Moments

Alcatraz East Crime Museum invites crime enthusiasts to join their free monthly book club. Each month, a crime-themed book is selected and discussed among the group. The book club is offered on Facebook , where people can request to join the group. The new book selection is posted at the beginning of each month.

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Book Nook - Dioramas

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In a city far in the future, retired scholar Wiggins moves from window to window in a museum. With an unusual structure, Dioramas by Blair Austin is set in a future time, in a society that has come through a great upheaval, and now records and preserves nearly all their history in dioramas.

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5 Affordable Valentine's Travel Destinations

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You can also check out the Cable Car Museum, take a tour of the dome in the City Hall building, hit up the Ferry Building for its year-round farmers market , and see a 360-degree view of the city at de Young's Harmon Observation Tower. There are tons of great museums, including the awesome interactive Convergence Station by Meow Wolf.

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Book Nook - The Emotionally Intelligent Child

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Child development experts, Rachael Katz and Helen Hadani, set out to address this in their new book, The Emotionally Intelligent Child. She is the former director of research at the Bay Area Discovery Museum. This innovative approach breaks the mold on parenting. About the Authors: Rachael Katz, MS, Ed., Helen Shwe Hadani, Ph.D.,

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Book Nook - Eric Loves Animals (Just Like You!)

Motherhood Moments

The book, an interactive, alphabetized guide to the animal kingdom, features 176 pages of sketches, drawings, paintings, sculptures, and collages, including dozens of unpublished pieces from Eric’s collection, narrated simply yet elegantly in Eric's own words. Hardcover, ages 2-5). Eric Carle passed away in May 2021 at the age of 91.

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My New 30 Travel Things

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Interactive museums - I love a normal museum, but I think the creativity of museums that are interactive and more than just looking at art on a wall or things in a case are next level. I've been doing more lately, but some of my favorites have been Hopscotch Portland , Arte Museum and Omega Mart in Las Vegas.

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Planning Your Summer Travels

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Of course, that doesn't mean you should slack and leave booking until later. Make sure to plan fun stops along the way, like to see the world’s biggest ball of yarn, ghost towns or museums. Help keep a little money in your pocket or stretch the dollars you have by using Rakuten to book your flights, hotel rooms and rental cars.