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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
GrassRoutes has gone north to Seattle, and I was overjoyed last night to receive a special box on my porch containing the very first GrassRoutes Seattle Guides, fresh off the press. I’m so happy about this book – I especially love the city of Seattle, home of my publisher Sasquatch Books – and home to [...]
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Tags: Buy Me, Do Lunch, Family Travel, Farm to Table, Seattle, Updates!
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
Looking for the best chocolate in the Big Easy? Sucre, on trendy Magazine Street, is your best bet for luxurious cocoa creations Sure, plenty of things come to mind when you think of the Big Easy, and maybe chocolate isn’t at the top of that list, but there sure are some fancy cocoa finds no [...]
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Tags: Neighborhoods, New Orleans, Romantic Trips, Sweet Tooth
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Thursday, August 13th, 2009
Inspired by last night’s epic sunset, I decided to collect my favorite sunset viewing spots from my new books to Oakland and Berkeley, San Francisco, and Northern California Wine Country. Head out to these ideal vistas, or follow your nose to discover new panoramic points! Daniel, GrassRoutes illustrator, got a great shot of it from [...]
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Tags: CA Wine Country, Oakland/Berkeley, Romantic Trips, San Francisco
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Thursday, March 5th, 2009
OK, so Portland is no Oakland, in fact, according to the Census Bureau it is one of the whitest large cities in the entire US, but nonetheless, a deep-rooted international spirit is maintained. Not only have I found Portland to be conscientious and open-minded on the whole, but also addicted to all things foreign, especially [...]
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Tags: Casual Night Out, Diversity, Portland, Travel Tips, Weekend
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
Serena Says: There’s a new whisper spreading ‘or the land… You can green your work week by adding an hour or so to your Tuesday through Friday and skipping Monday altogether! Less energy, same work load, permanent three-day weekends…hmm…this idea sounds like a major win-win! Daniel (GrassRoutes illustrator) might be going through this change at [...]
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Tags: Energy, Transit
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
Serena Says: We that know Seattle know one of the best places to see performing art in all it’s glory is the Fremont Abbey Arts Center. (After all, The Stranger confirmed this last week in their article on the subject , saying of Nathan Marion, director, "Marion keeps [the abbey] from looking like amateur night [...]
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Tags: Calendar, Listen, Top Picks, Weekend
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
A mere two weeks ago we were sitting and sunning at last Thursday Night Live, shakin’ our booties to reggae and selling Oakland travel guides galore… This Thursday is your next chance to sample Old Oakland’s scene in style, with Air Lounge serving drinking on the asphalt (your rum-y coladas are top notch Maria!), Tina [...]
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Tags: Buy Me, Calendar, California, Imbibe, Listen, Neighborhoods, Oakland/Berkeley
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
(We’ll soon have them available on our website) Buy them now at Mignonne, at 11th and Jefferson in Old Oakland for just $1.50!
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Tags: Buy Me, California, Oakland/Berkeley
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Serena Says: Most winters, from the time I was 6 or so, I would go to a performance of Amal and the Night Visitors, a classical operetta with a chorus that’s easy to get stuck in your head. The lead character, a young shepherd, encounters a wise traveler who repeats: “this is my box, this [...]
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Tags: Travel Tips
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Perrin Says: What to do with all these berries? The strawberries get eaten before they can be made into anything, but we have such an abundance of blackberries right now. We will wait for the native blackberries to make jam, but these huge Himalayan berries must be good for something… Oh yes, my Blackberry Vinaigrette [...]
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Tags: California, Farm to Table, Oakland/Berkeley
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