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 [...]
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If You Could Live Anywhere
If you could live anywhere, where would it be? This is a question that’s been floating around my house lately. Thanks to two restless parents and a curious nature I can’t seem to avoid, I’ve lived in a lot of places, but 10 years ago, I made the decision to settle in Sacramento, California. Why? [...]
Earth Day: Respect for all creatures
I wish I could tell you that I drive an electric car, have solar panels on my home, and eat only organic, locally-grown produce. I can’t, but I can talk about how we have made some choices to raise our children to be sustainable citizens. On this very busy Earth Day, I would love to [...]
Earth Day: Glimpses of our planet’s beauty
Just today as I drove home from work, I wondered somewhat nervously what our planet will be like when my children are older, when they are thinking about the future of their children. (To honor Earth Day, I also posted about one way we try to live sustainably and teach our children to love nature [...]
Living in Italy: Monique from Bringing Travel Home
I think about living abroad a lot. Like every day. I will tell you why and what it means for my life in an upcoming post, but for now, I am thrilled to bring you this interview with Monique. We met online, but she lives just about 30 minutes from me, in Davis, California. I [...]
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 [...]
Get to Know Me: Tagged by Bringing Travel Home
I have been tagged by Monique at Bringing Travel Home to participate in a blogging series–a blogger tags others with a set of questions so that we can get to know each other better. I have one word for that: fun. It’s a virtual chat among friends about our favorite topics. Here are the questions [...]
The Colors of Travel
I don’t think I’m alone in saying that one of the things I love most about the world is its colors. In the midst of this drizzly, windy weather here in Northern California, I couldn’t miss the theme “colorful” for this week’s #FriFotos, the weekly photo series on Twitter. Because the world is such a [...]
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The Colors of California
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The Freedom of Having No Expectations
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