Trips posted in
California
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The mysterious world of Big Sur lighthouse perched 1,000 High on its strange rock
Point Sur lighthouse; I had been to Big Sur for over 20 years and never knew this isolated, exotic monument to the sea was open for visits. A must.
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What makes a great hotel room? Ventana Inn cracked the code.
The view from the room over the mountains at sunset
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Amazing history, hiking and the inspiring though sad tale of Jack London Park
Jack London was the original American outdoors writer…”Call of The Wild” and numerous other nature/adventure novels and short stories made him famous and rich. But his real love was this enormous farm which is now a state park. It is a stunning and complex place and far more than a park — it is testament…
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“Girl and half-a-fig…what happened?”
It had been 10 years since last I ate at this restaurant. It really was an amazing meal with great atmosphere. This past New Year’s we went to Sonoma to celebrate. I wanted to check out the Girl & The Fig, so we did. What a disappointment! The scene was a madhouse, the hostesses were…
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Marlowe’s in SOMA, S.F.: The bathroom wall paper says it all (Besides being great food)
SOMA San Francisco: Marlowe’s 5th and Brannon. SOMA (South of Market Street) is a neighborhood of deep contrasts – still dominated by old warehouses, rundown buildings that slip between them and littered with the homeless. The current state is one on converted warehouses for companies like Zappos and Lyft, condos for millionaires, and many, many…
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Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco, stunning and hypnotic
I took my love there, but we never went in — though I had visited several times with my son over the years when we went to SF. The interior is for kids but appeals to the kid in all adults. We did not go in because the light was so perfect and the…
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