What would a journey to California’s Central Coast be without a stop at that enchantingly extravagant Hearst Castle? In 1919 the young Hearst commissioned San Francisco architect Julia Morgan to “build a little something.” By 1947, Hearst and Morgan had created a 165-room Mediterranean revival estate surrounded by 127 acres of gardens, terraces, fountains, and [...]
Heather Kathryn Ross
Monterey Bay: An Aquarium, a Caramel Apple, and a Mission
My boyfriend Asa and I love to travel. Our last sojourn took us all the way to the Middle East, but there’s something to be said for vacationing closer to home. A two-hour drive south of the San Francisco Bay Area, we inhaled the salty-sweet ocean air, saw jellies, otters, and leafy seadragons, and ate [...]
Oakland’s Art Murmur
Oakland’s Art Murmur Gourmet food trucks, runway models, ceramic aliens, bourbon balls, handmade jewelry, street performers, vintage autos, and watercolor prints of Freddy Krueger and Jaws. See all this and a cacophony of more more more at Oakland Art Murmur, a first-Friday art walk. Two dozen local galleries—most between 22nd and 26th streets on the Broadway/Telegraph [...]
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Point Reyes National Seashore: Hiking Tamales Point TrailDay of the Dead in San Francisco’s Mission District