San Francisco's dining event is called Dine About Town and it runs from January 15-31, 20101. Two-course lunches are $17.95 and three-course dinners are $34.95 at Bay Area favorites including Absinthe, Chaya Brasserie, Fifth Floor and One Market.

In San Diego, Restaurant Week 2010 runs January 17-22. You can dine for $20 to $40 at places that include A.R. Valentien, NINE-TEN and Blue Boheme (personal favorites), along with a great selection of other top eateries.

And just when you're getting peckish, it runs again in June.

In 2010, Disneyland is offering free tickets in a promotion called "Give a Day. Get a Disney Day." It's a simple concept - you give a day of volunteer service to an approved organization and get a free, one-day ticket to Disneyland park.

To get in on the deal, visit their site to get all the details. Registration starts January 1, 2010. The basics are pretty simple: sign up, pick a volunteer opportunity and once you've finished your day of service, you'll get a free ticket voucher. You have to be at least 18 years old to sign up, but children as young as six can volunteer as long as an adult goes with them. You must have a residence in the United States, Puerto Rico or Canada and no matter how many hours you put in, you'll only get one ticket.

The promotion ends December 15, 2010 at the latest, but they say ticket quantities are limited and it could end sooner. There are also a few days when the volunteer vouchers can't be used. For Disneyland in California, they are February 13-14, March 21, June 21-22, July 4, November 21 and December 11-12.

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Northern Californians who love things Disney now have a place to indulge themselves in Walt Disney history without going all the way to Southern California to do it. Located in San Francisco's Presidio, the Walt Disney Family Museum focuses on the life story and accomplishments of Walter Elias Disney.

The museum tells the story of a man who was first and foremost a storyteller himself. If you'd go positively giddy watching some of Disney's earliest short films, seeing one of the original multiplane cameras used to make Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs or reading the animation notes for seven dwarfs: Dopey: "Droopy effect in all clothing," then this is the place for you. Perhaps the most telling comment about the place came from a fellow Baby Boomer who went there with me: "It brought up memories didn't even know I had."

Read about how to visit the Walt Disney Family Museum.