Posts Tagged ‘Travel Tips’
Friday, March 26th, 2010
For the entire 20-plus years that Linda and her husband Earl of Cedar Mountain Winery have been making wine they’ve thought through their impact on the local environment. On their especially beautiful patch of hills off Tesla Road, you can sense the family feel as you roll down the driveway towards the hubbub of weekend [...]
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Tags: California, Farm to Table, Livermore Valley, Romantic Trips, Travel Tips, Weekend, Wineries
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Vancouver, Vancouver, Vancouver! What an incredible place. It is a city that’s close to my heart ever since I spent a year there studying and taking the gondola up Grouse Mountain a few times a week as a volunteer ski patroller. Ah the memories. If you’re headed to see the doubles luge, the curling, the [...]
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Tags: BC, Explore, Family Travel, Neighborhoods, Olympics, Travel Tips, Vancouver, Weekend
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Monday, February 15th, 2010
Oceanside is a cozy, beachy, community, and walking along the beach this time of year, the moist breeze verges on perfect. Traveling for Valentine’s Day, or on weekends throughout February and March is a great idea especially for vacation destinations that are busting at the seems in summers or on major holidays. There is more [...]
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Tags: California, Neighborhoods, Recycle Everything, Romantic Trips, Travel Tips, Weekend
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Its been requested that I recommend some of my favorite Vancouver sights and sounds for a pre-Olympic visit, so I find myself happily setting sail down memory lane, to the days when I skipped class to hit the slopes and did my homework perched in an evergreen tree. Ah Vancouver. Any trip to the so-called [...]
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Tags: Canada, Explore, Travel Tips, Vancouver
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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 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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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
I am reminiscing the days when I walked everywhere, all the time. I was living in London at the time, a perfect mile stroll to the Wood Green Tube stop in the north of the city. I had boots won on the streets of Paris, I love them to this day. But with all the [...]
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Tags: California, Oakland/Berkeley, Transit, Travel Tips
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