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5 Fun Things To Do in Sausalito California During a Quick Visit

Shobha — Sun, 17 Sep 2017 13:09:58 +0000

Like many of our best discoveries, we stumbled upon the charming little town of Sausalito accidentally. Our children were complaining about walking all over the city of San Francisco, and how much their little tootsies hurt. I’m sure they were angling for a return to the hotel and some downtime involving an iPad, but we...

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Visiting Castello di Amorosa, A Family Friendly Vineyard in Napa Valley

Shobha — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 21:29:13 +0000

The view from the parapet of the neat lines of grape-festooned vines under a pale blue sky could easily fool you into thinking you were in Tuscany. If you look closer though, there were tell-tale touches to remind you that you were in the Napa Valley of California. Perhaps I noted that the lines of...

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Oceanfront Bliss at the Luxury Hotel Terranea near Los Angeles

Shobha — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 16:48:17 +0000

The Terranea Resort in Los Angeles does not wow you so much as lulls you into a comfortable, self-indulgent experience. The gently swaying palm trees, the fireplaces lit up to ward of the nip of the Atlantic air, and the view of Catalina Island covered in hazy sunshine all provide sensory clues to your body...

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The Global Angel Wings Project Soars Beyond The City of Angels

Shobha — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 13:00:40 +0000

If you bought Red Bull in the USA thinking that the drink would follow through with its promise to provide you with wings, then you were entitled to a $10 refund from the company. Why? A court found that Salzburg-based Red Bull was guilty of false advertising because no one who drank it got wings....

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30 Reasons to Visit Orange County in California

Shobha — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 17:36:16 +0000

Orange County is the typical Southern California paradise that the world expects from SoCal. No wonder then that there have been so many recent television shows set in the area, including 4 seasons of the O.C. and reality television fodder, Laguna Beach, The Hills and The Real Housewives of Orange County. If people are going...

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Photo Gallery: A Pacific Coast Highway Road Trip Through Big Sur

ny_lon@living1 — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 11:04:25 +0000

The famed landscape of Big Sur in California is nearly vertical with the Santa Lucia mountains behind you and the rocky cliffs to the sea in front of you. On our Pacific Coast Highway road trip through Big Sur this summer, both natural and man-made marvels were spread out before us. The PCH is merely...

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Kooky But Not Very Spooky: The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose

ny_lon@living1 — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:07:17 +0000

Would you live with construction workers in your house for 24 hours/7 days a week for 38 years? It would be enough to drive anyone mad. Supposedly that is what Sarah Winchester did when she built the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California at the turn of the 20th century. No one knows why...

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Contemporary Cool at the Funk Zone in Santa Barbara

ny_lon@living1 — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 22:43:29 +0000

Santa Barbara prides itself on being the California Riviera (so much so that its trademarked the slogan). A Riviera anywhere in the world conjures up images of beachside affluence and glamour. When you think of contemporary cool, you think of Brooklyn. What do you get when you mix the Riviera and Brooklyn? Something that is...

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Visiting the California Redwoods at Muir Woods With Kids

ny_lon@living1 — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 08:04:34 +0000

The mind boggles when you think about how old the California redwoods are. When some of these trees in Muir Woods were saplings 900 years ago, the world would have been a vastly unrecognisable place. To put things in perspective, in 1144 AD, the French and Germans were off on a doomed Second Crusade. In...

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In Photos: The Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park

ny_lon@living1 — Mon, 05 Sep 2016 11:07:12 +0000

Although it is only September, the mild chill of autumn is in the air in London. August in San Francisco felt the same way. Coming from a heat wave on the East Coast, we felt the nippy weather keenly. When we visited the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park, the leaves were changing color....

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