What’s the crookedest street in the City by The Bay? (Hint: It’s not Lombard.) How many rivets hold the Golden Gate Bridge together? What does a 92-year-old woman from Philly, Wilt Chamberlain and a pair of pink Chuck Thomas Converse shoes have in common? And what do tourists really want to see when they travel…
A block north of Union Square, along the Powell Street Cable Car line and a toothbrush’s throw from my dentist’s office is Scala’s Bistro. As part of the fabled Sir Francis Drake Hotel, it features richly colored floor tiles, a semi-open kitchen inspired by Monet’s and a friendly wait staff. I’ve always enjoyed everything here,…
Nothing’s as romantic as an ocean view room. The Tickle Pink Inn at Carmel Highlands, four miles south of Carmel-By-The-Sea, offers the lure of the rugged Pacific Coast coupled with new Pacific Dream beds that feature cloud-like plush mattresses dressed in Italian-crafted, 100% Egyptian cotton sheets. Ahh, luxury! Plus, their Special Fall Offer gets you…
I stayed on the Queen Mary years ago when it was first converted from a cruise ship to a floating hotel in Long Beach, CA. Built in 1936, it was one of the last great ocean liners from the era when they crossed the sea in luxury and the word POSH was coined to describe…
And now for something completely different…. For four days (July 31, August 6, 14 & 27), the Birch Aquarum at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego County, California, is offering you a “Snorkel With Sharks” program. From 8-10 am, you’ll suit up in a wetsuit, and dare to inhabit the Pacific Ocean reef with…
www.AvonWalk.org has inadvertedly created one of the best ways to really see a city –– by walking its streets as you raise millions of collective dollars for Cancer Research that will be poured back into your community. My wife (in the sunglasses) and her two friends named Susan should know. They just walked 26 miles…
Half Dome in Yosemite, the crown jewel of the national park system and about 200 miles east of San Francisco, is one of the world’s most famous mountains. You may have seen it first in the famous Ansel Adams B/W photograph. I was fortunate enough to scale its 8,842-foot summit last summer from the Yosemite…
Now adults can also have fun in the sun. Camps targeting grown-ups offer opportunities to learn new skills in activities such as cooking, surfing and ballroom dancing. Many camps offer programs not just in the summer, but also throughout the year.
In anything at all, perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer
anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away. —Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Singles bars are sooo 2004! Romance on the Rails is an exciting, new way to meet singles while commuting on public transportation. The initial “party” for the first 80 registrants took place tonight at the San Francisco Caltrain Station. Just after 6pm, the train trekked south for the hour-ride to Menlo Park.
It seems they had a lot of fun this year at the growing Paso Robles Festival.
NAPA WINE TRAIN, NAPA, CA