grandkids

Bay seniors who relish the sensation of being legally, giddily disoriented should organize a visit to the Mystery Spot in Santa Cruz which you probably have not seen in half a century. It’s a little house tilted 20 degrees from the ground on a redwood covered hill. Scientists call in a “gravitational anomaly” where water […]

I know. I know. The mere mention of Pier 39 sends Bay seniors around the bend but Magowan’s Infinite Mirror Maze hidden up on the second floor is a guaranteed half hour of fun for you and your grandkids. Not only is there an infinitude of boggling mirrored rooms, halls and deadends, but music and […]

Introduce your Bay grandkids to the thrill of horseracing, in this instance without actual horses. On Saturday August 20 starting at 11:45 am, Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley is hosting the Weiner Nationals with 108 dachshunds  in competition. There will be ten 30-yard races. Kids free with an adult $6 admission. Binoculars advised or sit […]

Bay seniors, despite the closing of too many State parks, have to be encouraged by the impressive list of activities cooked up this summer by the ever imaginative East Bay Parks District. Does any other organization offer Bat Monitoring in an abandoned mine? What about Rope Making and Hay Hoisting, Farm Laundering and Victorian Tabletop games? […]

Bay Area grandparents can steer rambunctious kids to a drop-in day camp with the most spectacular view in the USA. At Fort Baker under the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge, the Bay Kids Discovery Museum offers a nonstop roster of music, art and scientific activities, mostly for kids under 6.  From wave workshops […]

Seniors with a sweet tooth have a delirious choice of ice creams in the Bay Area.  The foie gras flavor at Humphrey Slocombe to take just one demented example. More down to earth is the new Cream creamery in the heart of Berkeley’s lost-in-the-60’sTelegraph Ave. Cream offers cookies and ice cream but when they’re combined […]

Sexist seniors will understand why the Geezer recommends grandmothers take their granddaughters to tea at Filoli in the plush hills of Woodside. It is an English gardener’s wet dream, 16 acres of very proper horticulture. Right now the daffodils are running riot. If your granddaughters can relax the grip on their iPhones, treat them to […]

This is a VERY advanced notice to Bay Area grandparents with Boy Scout grandkids that there’s a rare opportunity to spend the night aboard the tall ship Balclutha at Maritime Park in SF on June 25th. Limited to 35 kids and adults. No siblings. $25 includes a cold breakfast. The site doesn’t say how primitive the […]