Ideas for Bay Area Birthday Parties (San Jose, Oakland, Morgan Hill,Felton, Gilroy)

Hi Everyone,

Nothing can be as stressful to a parent as planning for your child's birthday party.  What I've done is to compile some ideas of local sites that host birthday parties with a wide range of options and associated costs. It goes without saying that some of the listed locations are better suited for toddlers and others for adolescents.  If you have had an experience with any of the listed choices, whether good or bad, then please feel free to leave your comments.

Thanks and good luck!

- Andrew

• The Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose (San Jose/ Interactive Museum)
• Gilroy Gardens (Gilroy/ Amusement Park) 
• Happy Hollow Zoo & Park (San Jose/ Amusement Park)
• Pump It Up (Morgan Hill/ Play Facility)
• Roaring Camp Railroads (Felton/ Railroad)
• Oakland Zoo (Oakland/ Zoo)
• San Jose Giants (San Jose/ Baseball Park)
• Sharks Ice at San Jose (San Jose/ Ice Skating Facility)
• Oakland A's (Oakland/ Baseball Park)
• LOL Parties @ Silver Creek SportsPlex (San Jose/ Play Facility)
• Raging Waters (San Jose/ Water Park)
• The Tech Museum of Innovation (San Jose/ Interactive Museum)
• Cuchina Bambini (San Jose/ Children's Culinary Facility)

Food (Free!) - Today Is Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry's!

Hi Everyone,

Today is Free Cone Day at all participating Ben & Jerry’s Stores! Free Cone Day is something they’ve been doing since 1979 when Ben and Jerry celebrated their first year of business!  Ben and Jerry wanted to thank everyone for their support in the best way they knew how; with free ice cream!

Needing to locate a participating Scoop Shop near you?  No problem - just head to their Scoop Shop Locator and we'll hook you up!

Enjoy your free cone!

Movies (Shorts) - Disney's "A Car's Toon - Hiccups"

Hello,

For those of you that enjoy The Cars Movies from Disney/ Pixar, as well as the occasional short films that they produce (i.e., Mater's Tall Tales) then you will be happy to hear about the most recent release called "Hiccups".  It is part of a new line of Car's-based Shorts under the "Tales From Radiator Springs" Line.  As soon as new shorts become available, then I will make sure to post them here.

Enjoy!

Movies - Sneak Peek of new Disney Movie

Hi Everyone,

Here is a sneak peek of the upcoming Disney Movie "Planes"!

From above the world of “Cars” comes “Disney’s Planes,” an action-packed 3D animated comedy adventure featuring Dusty (voice of Dane Cook), a plane with dreams of competing as a high-flying air racer. But Dusty’s not exactly built for racing—and he happens to be afraid of heights. So he turns to a seasoned naval aviator who helps Dusty qualify to take the defending champ of the race circuit. Dusty’s courage is put to the ultimate test as he aims to reach heights he never dreamed possible, giving a spellbound world the inspiration to soar. “Disney’s Planes” takes off in theaters in 3D on Aug. 9, 2013, and will be presented in Disney Digital 3D™ in select theaters.