A mile or two from the first of the Natural Bridges is…
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Santa Cruz Natural Bridges
It wasn’t the nicest of days, which meant it was easy to…
San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo Mission
Mission San Diego de Alcalá was the first Mission built in 1769;…
Carmel-by-the-Sea
We had no plans to go to Carmel. In fact, we whittled…
Donato Enoteca, Redwood City
Donato is a rather odd little restaurant on the main strip of…
Redwood City and the “Best Climate in the World” Label
“Climate Best By Government Test” This little ditty of a saying is…
Calafia Cafe (Permanently Closed)
On the Stanford side of the tracks in Palo Alto… at the…
The Stanford Dish, Silicon Valley
The Dish is two things. For runners, it’s a 3.5 mile (roughly…
The Historic Cliff House
The drive to Cliff House takes you through sea-swept landscape and sand…
The Old Dutch Windmill, San Francisco
I saw this windmill on two separate occasions: once on a drive…
San Francisco Fire and the Golden Hydrant
Though the water mains were broken and dry on April 18, 1906;…
Sutro Baths, Land’s End
Sutro Baths, built in 1896, was the brainchild of Adolph Sutro and…