April 7, 2008
Road Trippin': San Francisco to Monterey
When Helle Harbo, my Danish partner-in-crime, e-mailed me a few months ago and said, “Hi! I have to use three vacation weeks by the...
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May 12, 2016
California Dreaming: Family Vacation in Santa Cruz
It’s hard to plan a vacation for 10 people, difficult to find a house to accommodate such numbers, even more challenging to plan an...
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May 10, 2016
Sunny Days on the Santa Cruz Boardwalk
The last time I wandered around the Santa Cruz boardwalk a decade ago, it was a ghost town. Granted, it was cloudy and also a Monday, but...
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October 22, 2015
Albert Dock in Liverpool: The Story of a Waterfront Renaissance
After my morning in the Georgian Quarter, I moseyed on further west and spent the second half of my day in Liverpool back at the waterfront....
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March 17, 2014
Beachside Bliss in California: The Fairmont Santa Monica
These days when I’m back in LA, I opt not to stay in the fray of the West Hollywood madness or even in trendy Beverly Hills. Rather, a...
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August 2, 2010
You Know You’re a San Franciscan When…
You leave the house in a tank top and skirt at 8am and return at noon in a wool coat and scarf. (Also, add to the list: You’re smart...
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January 24, 2023
One Day in Joshua Tree: How to Visit the Instagram National Park
While Joshua Tree may have become a pop culture phenomenon thanks to U2’s 1987 album of the same name, it wasn’t until it became...
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February 2, 2022
You and I Will Meet Again: Remembering My Dad
The day I was told my dad was dying coincided with the day Auburn basketball was bumped up to a #1 rank for the first time in history. It was...
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December 14, 2021
Everything You Need to Know About Visiting Iceland in Winter
My first trip to Iceland was on a shoestring budget: I was in my early 20’s, a researcher at a magazine and I didn’t have a lot of...
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September 21, 2021
Into Fern Canyon: Where Dinosaurs Roam in California
On our recent 11-day trip to California, we did very little planning. For one, we stayed with my in-laws on the front end of our trip, then...
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