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One of Marin's favorite events for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarteners is the annual 54th Pixie Park's Spring Fair. Pixie Park's Spring Fair takes place Saturday, May 19 from 9 am to 3 pm at the Marin Art and Garden Center in Ross.
Summer's almost here, and one of the season's time honored traditions for children is swimming lessons. Not only are swimming lessons a fun way to get some exercise and cool off on a hot summer day, but they're essential from a safety standpoint.
This summer, San Rafael's Country Club Bowl will be participating in the Kids Bowl Free program, a summer activity program where any child aged 18 and under can bowl two free games a day! There's no catch to Kids Bowl Free—all you do is
Marin Mommies presents this week's guest recipe from Nicole Cibellis, Marin mom and author of the blog
Marin Mommies presents a guest article by Marin Mom and writer Gabrielle Cullen.
It's not every day that the circus comes to town, but it'll be here this Memorial Day weekend! American Crown Circus sets up its big top on the grounds of St. Vincent's School for Boys in Marinwood, just south of Novato. American Crown Circus is a family run, bilingual circus including acrobats, high wire acts, clowns, and motorcycle heroics in the Globe of Death (but no exotic animals). By all accounts they put on a great show for the whole family! The circus is the major fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Novato Sunrise, which has brought a professional traveling tent circus to Marin every year since 1997.
This Mother's Day, why not make an old school dessert for Mom—pineapple upside down cake. Pineapple upside down cake is really old school, dating back to the 1920s when canned pineapple from was introduced to the US market by the Hawaiian Pineapple Company, which would eventually become Dole Foods.