Monterey Peninsula
View at the Edge of a Continent
The Monterey shoreline is like the Grand Canyon, pictures don’t do it justice. You just have to go see it. The best vantage starts in Pacific Grove’s section of the Monterey Bay Coastal Trail that runs parallel to Ocean View Blvd. This trail stretches from Lighthouse...
XOX Truffles, A Cult, But in a Good Way
754 Columbus Avenue, 415 421-484; http://xoxtruffles.com/ ‘#1 Chocolate in the Country by Chocolatier Magazine’ The sign cast an imaginary, but very real, line, hooked me on the shoulder and reeled me across the street through the door of XOX Truffles. “I got my big...
Coit Tower, Come for the Art, Stay for the View
“This was the first Works of Public Art (WPA) project of the 1930’s. You could say they were Beta Testing the concept of employing artists to make public art,” said Davy Crockett, Coit Tower’s tour director. “It was a rough time in San Francisco, before the highway...
A Cautionary Tale of Cheap Luggage
“Here, bring it here, Kath,” my husband said as he pulled a suitcase off the shelf. I looked around furtively and rolled the bag over to where he was opening the new one. The zipper on my suitcase was gaping open, never to close again, and there was no time to get...
She had me at Monkeys; part 2
Tour name: Mayan Inland Expedition. Did you know that the sound of howler monkeys, coming across the water sounds like two gigantic slabs of concrete rubbing against each other? It’s a real disconnect for me how that sound comes out of that little body. After lunch,...
She Had Me At Monkeys
Mexico Kan Tours “And then you’ll ride down a slow-moving river in an inner tube.” It’s 7:30 pm in Tulum, Mexico. I had already tried cave diving and wanted to do something else, the next day, while my husband went back to it. “What else do you have?” “Bla, bla, bla...