Sunday, September 22, 2013

Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day. FREE Admission September 28, 2013. Print your tickets...



Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day is Saturday, September 28th 2013. FREE admission to 1,500+ museums Nationwide on this special day. Something so fun to look forward to. We've printed our FREE tickets. Have you printed yours?

CLICK HERE to select a favorite museum and PRINT your tickets!

CLICK HERE to find a participating museum near you.

For free museum admission, you must print a required ticket in advance.

This is a nationwide offer, so friends and family near and far can enjoy their own complimentary tickets. Just to name a few Bay Area Museums on the FREE TICKET list:

Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito, CA
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Blackhawk Automotive Museum, Danville, CA
Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos, CA
Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Walnut Creek, CA
National Steinbeck Center, Salinas, CA
Pacific Coast Air Museum, Santa Rosa, CA
Pleasanton's Museum on Main, Pleasanton, CA
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA

Saturday, September 21, 2013

California Academy of Sciences - Upcoming FREE Admission, September 29, 2013...


California Academy of Sciences Free Admission
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Quarterly Free Sundays
Mark your calendars!

EXPLORE The Academy: Just one ticket lets you explore the aquarium, planetarium, natural history museum, rain forest, 40,000 live animals and engaging exhibits all housed beneath a living roof.

FREE Museum Tickets / Admission for September 29, 2013.
General Admission Price for a Family of 4 is $100.00.
$100.00 reason to go on a free day! Need I say more?

From http://www.calacademy.org/visit/ "The Academy is free to everyone on selected Sundays throughout the year. Admission is on a first-come, first served basis, and early arrival is recommended due to the likelihood of high demand. Please note that final entry to the museum on free days is 4:00 pm."




Friday, September 20, 2013

Pick of the Patch Pumpkins - Buy 1 Get 1 Free Wristband. Fantastic fun at a fantastic discount...



This is a fantastic, $25.00 value - no strings attached offer - a full day of fantastic non-stop pumpkin patch, jumping fun.  2013 Pumpkin Patches are now open.

Coupon Offer, Buy 1 Get 1 Free Wristband
Coupon is valid 7 days a week from 9/28 - 10/19 and from 10/20 - 10/31
on Monday - Thursdays only for children ages 2 -12 to play on the inflatable amusements.

CLICK HERE to PRINT BUY 1 GET 1 FREE WRISTBAND COUPON OFFER. 

CLICK HERE to PRINT TWO FOR TUESDAYS COUPON OFFER. 

CLICK HERE to visit ABC Tree farms website for a list of their 2013 Pumpkin Patch Locations.
They have 19 Bay Area, California locations, from the South Bay, Peninsula, East Bay and North Bay to choose from.

Concord: 1096 Oak Grove Rd. at Monument Blvd., Concord, CA 94518 (Contra Costa County) -9/26/2013 
Martinez: 5041 Blum Road at Pacheco Blvd., 94553 (Contra Costa County) - Opening 9/13/2013
Antioch: Delta Fair Blvd. at Century Blvd., 94509 (Contra Costa County) - Opening 9/26/2013

Happy Halloween!
We loved the super fantastic slides last year and we'll love them again this Halloween.



Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Donate Your Garden Produce. Lettuce feed the hungry today! Free pickup and delivery...

Photo Credit: Anna's Garden Produce, Clayton, CA.
Contra Costa County: Concord, Clayton, Pleasant Hill, Martinez, Lafayette, Orinda, Walnut Creek, Alamo, Danville, Mt. Diablo Country.

The beautiful summer growing season brings abundant harvests for many backyard gardeners.

Are you a gardener or urban farmer with too much of a good thing? A ton of tomatoes, a zillion zukes or cukes, beans coming out of your ears? One tomato, two tomato, three?

Call the Lemon Lady for immediate pick-up and delivery.

I deliver homegrown produce to local food pantries who feed the hungry. Chances are I have pick-ups right around your neighborhood too. If you need boxes, I can even donate boxes.

Grow it. Box it. Porchside pickup seven days a week! "Lettuce" feed those less fortunate throughout our community.

Daily pick up and delivery to food pantries throughout Contra Costa County. Call today!
(510) 406-1625

Monday, August 5, 2013

The Ruth Bancroft Garden - FREE Admission First Tuesday of Each Month...



The Ruth Bancroft Garden Office is located at 1552 Bancroft Road in Walnut Creek, CA, (925) 944-9352. They garden is open for visitors 7 days a week, from 10am-4pm. Please use this entrance when visiting during regular operating hours.

How many of us drive by the Ruth Bancroft Garden daily, yet never stop to admire this beautiful garden? The garden's history dates back to the 1880s. Read about the HISTORY of the garden, here: http://www.ruthbancroftgarden.org/rbgarden/pages/about-history.html

FREE admission is offered on the FIRST TUESDAY of each month. Mark your calendars for August 6th, 2013. Stop in on your lunch hour, after work or school.

Another wonderful program, Contra Costa Library Discover and Go provides FREE admission to the Ruth Bancroft Garden. With my library card, the Ruth Bancroft Garden has complimentary tickets available every weekday this month! Check it out, here: http://ccclib.org/discovergo/

If you enjoy the garden, consider supporting their work through fundraisers, admission and plant sales.

Saturday, August 3, 2013

John Muir National Historic Site. Camp Fire Programs For Kids Saturday Nights...

Families can explore the historic fruit and nut tree orchards year round. Ava reports the grapes are soooo good. John Muir House in Martinez, California is a fantastic place to have a quick picnic under beautiful shade trees, collect a few bay leaves, too. Free Admission every day! There are Family Days, Full Moon Walks, Kids Programs and Camps.

Saturday evenings bring Camp Fire Programs: August 3rd and September 7th, 2013. We often forget the local gems in our own back yard. Seize the day! Have fun.


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John Muir National Historic Site
4202 Alhambra Avenue
Martinez, CA  94553

Thursday, August 1, 2013

FREE Museum Days AUGUST 2013. Free Admission For Fun...



Got weekend plans? There is often a FREE MUSEUM DAY located in a town near you. San Francisco, Bay Area, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Seattle, Portland, Boston and beyond. First Weekend of the month has many FREE Admission opportunities. Have fun. Be inspired.

CLICK HERE to find other FREE MUSEUM DAYS in a city near you.


Oakland Museum is Free FIRST Sunday to the general public.



de Young w/BofA card

Legion of Honor w/BofA card


Tech Museum w/BofA Card