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Half Moon Bay day trip from San Francisco
March 1, 2025

Coastal California: A Day Trip to Half Moon Bay to Martin’s Beach

After a few days camped out in the North Bay of San Francisco, we relocated to the city and four nights gave us ample time to to revisit  our...
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California Day Trip: The Perfect Day at Point Reyes National Seashore thumbnail
March 27, 2018

California Day Trip: The Perfect Day at Point Reyes National Seashore

Somehow, I lived in California for four years, wrote more than a dozen guidebooks on the state and countless magazine features, and yet...
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Muir Beach Overlook: A Perfect California Vacation
March 18, 2018

One Magical, Rainy Weekend at Muir Beach Overlook

We travel so much that people assume any trip is work-related. And while that’s often the case, not always. In fact, our recent trip to...
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A Road Trip Down the Pacific Coast Highway
May 19, 2016

Windswept + Wild: Planning a Trip Down the Pacific Coast Highway

The bulk of our trip to California last month was spent where we’re both the happiest: by the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful...
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Avital Tours: The Best Food Experience in San Francisco
May 3, 2016

Eat San Francisco: Best of the Mission in Food + Art

Though we were in California for five nights on our trip out west two weeks ago, we stayed in Berkeley while in the Bay Area and only allotted...
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California Dreaming: 24 Hours in Berkeley
April 27, 2016

Berkeley in Bloom: 24 Hours in the East Bay

We’ve been gone from San Francisco for a decade now, and on our most recent vacation, we knew we wanted to head west to shake off the...
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September 16, 2013

The Dog Days of Summer: A Pet-Friendly Spot in San Francisco

Ella spent the first year of her life living in San Francisco, and during the two years we’ve been gone, I forgot just how doggone...
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September 13, 2013

A Day Trip from San Francisco to Pescadero, California

When it’s pretty in San Francisco and you have nowhere to be, you make for the coast. You drive down beyond Ocean Beach, past Pacifica...
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San Francisco Skyline
July 29, 2011

Our Final Days as San Francisco Residents

Today is our last official day in San Francisco. It’s more bittersweet than I thought, but truth be told, I’m absolutely stoked to...
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The Best of San Francisco
March 9, 2009

We Heart Our City: San Francisco

The first place we take visitors from out of town is on a driving tour: starting at Ocean Beach, over through Golden Gate Park, up into the...
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