Berkeley, California is a city known for its innovative food, love of upsetting the status quo, and of course outstanding academics. I still can’t believe that it took me so long to visit Berkeley, but when I finally did, what a perfect day trip it ended up being. Here is my idea of the perfect [...]
Pin ItThe Beauty of Flowers
Last week’s #FriFotos photo theme on Twitter was flowers. I adore flowers and take pictures of them pretty often. Here are just some of my favorites from California and Brazil, two places that have quite a variety of colorful flowers. Enjoy. What do you love about flowers? Where are some of your favorite places to [...]
A Travel Photo Treat: Serendipity
serendipity: an instance of finding valuable things not sought for With eyes and mind open, we can have moments of serendipity at any time, any place. I’m normally not a fan of rain, but with day after day of stormy weather this spring, I decided to open my mind and embrace it. Then one day [...]
Pin ItArtSmart Roundtable: Sculpture at Clos Pegase
Who could guess that a winery in the heart of Napa Valley would display a variety of sculpture ranging almost 400 years? I had heard about the Clos Pegase winery many times, mostly because of its art collection, but did not expect to find art so completely at the center of the winery’s existence. I [...]
Oxbow Public Market in Napa
I had heard a lot about Oxbow Public Market. People said that it was a place not to be missed, so I had pretty high expectations when I finally went there recently. At first, I was a little surprised that it wasn’t as big as I had imagined. However, the more I looked around, the [...]
The Freedom of Having No Expectations
“Take your expectations and throw them in the ocean.” Last weekend my family and I had a wonderful time at Bodega Bay. Maybe you’ve never heard of it. It’s a small section of California coast north of San Francisco. It is wild, the kind of nature and beauty where you feel more like an intruder than [...]
The Perfect Day Trip: Davis Farmers’ Market
Things have been pretty crazy around here lately, so this week I bring you a simpler post in honor of one of my favorite places to go near my home: the Farmers’ Market in Davis. I love college towns, and I bet you do, too. Here in Northern California, we are fortunate to have Davis, [...]
A Travel Photo Treat: Sunset on the Pacific
Sometimes everything just comes together perfectly in one moment. That’s how this sunset on the Pacific was. I was relaxing on the deck of the house we rented in Carmel, California, sitting in a hot tub with my sister-in-law, building common ground through unhurried conversation. No agenda. The sunset became more beautiful with every glance; [...]
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The Colors of California
01/25/2012
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The Perfect Day Trip to Napa Valley
02/25/2012
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Reasons Not to Travel with Kids… Debunked!
09/20/2011
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The Freedom of Having No Expectations
04/09/2012
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Intentions for 2012
02/05/2012
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What’s up next?
05/16/2012
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Is Bali Paradise?
05/11/2012
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The Perfect Day Trip: Berkeley, California
05/08/2012
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The Beauty of Flowers
05/04/2012
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A Travel Photo Treat: Serendipity
05/02/2012
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