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San Francisco’s Most Blubbery & Boisterous Residents: The Sea Lions of Pier 39
They occupy prime San Francisco real estate overlooking Alcatraz and the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges. But the lackadaisical California sea lions of Pier 39 don’t seem to be entranced by the sweeping...
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Photo du Jour: The Emerald Umbrellas of a California Redwood Forest
“For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.” – Martin Luther A magnificent Redwood tree on...
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Photo du Jour #70: Saved by a Superhero – San Francisco
During a recent jaunt to San Francisco, we were attempting to cross the street when a hurried driver came rushing into the crosswalk. In a scene out of a comic book, our hero stopped traffic – much to...
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A Long Weekend in California Wine Country: Getting a Taste for Napa and...
“I should like to spend the whole of my life traveling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend afterwards at home.” — William Hazlitt There seems to exist a syndrome with many avid...
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A Long Weekend in California Wine Country: Getting a Taste for Napa and...
Note: This is part two of the series, Long Weekend in California Wine Country. Click the image for part one. Sunday: Papapietro Perry Winery, Trattore Estate Wines, Dry Creek Olive Company, Dry...
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Perusing the Pumpkin Patch
After ten years of life abroad sans an authentic jack o’lantern, I was delighted to awaken my Halloween spirit by visiting a veritable American pumpkin patch last autumn, following a splendid long...
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Wine, Surf, & Sun: A Weekend in Sonoma County, California
Taking to Bodega Bay’s beach just before sunset, we had to pinch ourselves that we were really strolling through the golden sand in winter. Between us both, Shawn and I had endured our fair share of...
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Tasting Central California: A Paso Robles Wine Tour
Six decades ago, my grandparents and their then-eight children piled into the family car and drove to San Luis Obispo from Minnesota. My grandfather was to begin a teaching position there. Though the...
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On the Sideways Movie Trail: A Wine Tasting Tour of Santa Barbara
Far from home, in the Macedonian capital city of Skopje, the American wine-lover’s flick Sideways was providing background fodder at a wine event. For a second, Shawn and I thought we’d been whisked...
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