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Ironstone Vineyards, Calaveras County, Gold Country, Sierra Nevada Mountain foothills, California

Calaveras County for Mining, Hiking, Biking, Wining, Dining, Fishing, Camping and Jumping with Mark Twain’s Frogs.

May 10, 2022May 21, 2022 California, California, Destinations, Winery News, WineTasting 2

Story and Photos by John Sundsmo. Gold country in the Sierra mountain foothills is just a two-and-a-half-hour drive from San Francisco. For my wife

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John Steinbeck’s Valley of the World Revisited: A Photo Essay

November 15, 2021 California, California, Destinations 1

Story and Photos by David A. Laws. A ranch in “the wilder hills” from Old Stage Road “I would like to write the story

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Leonard Cohen exhibit, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA

“Experience Leonard Cohen” opens at The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco

October 12, 2021October 27, 2021 California, California, Destinations, San Francisco, Stephanie 4

Story by Stephanie Levin. Leonard Cohen–author, songwriter, lyricist, and poet (1934-2016) inspired, captivated, and illuminated generations of artists and audiences around the globe; his

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Rainbow Shabbat Stained Glass, Judy Chicago exhibit, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California

A Retrospective of Feminist Artist Judy Chicago Opens in San Francisco

September 15, 2021September 20, 2021 California, California, Destinations, San Francisco, Stephanie

Story and Photos by Stephanie Levin. Remember The Dinner Party, Judy Chicago’s eponymous multimedia instillation, her 36 x 575 x 576-inch masterpiece the public

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Point Sur Lightstation, Monterey County, California

Point Sur Lightstation: A Haunted Ghost Town on Prime Big Sur Real Estate

February 18, 2021 Big Sur, California, California, Destinations 1

Story and Photos by David A. Laws. Towering three-hundred feet above the crashing surf of the Pacific Ocean, one of California’s most faithfully restored

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Machine Gun Flats, Fort Ord National Monument, Monterey, California

Fort Ord National Monument: From Military Mayhem to Coastal Gem

April 27, 2020 California, California, Destinations, Fort Ord, Monterey, National Monuments, Wildflowers 2

Story and photos by David A. Laws. Beach Range, Engineer Canyon, Machine Gun Flats: These are not typical landscape features you’d expect to find

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Golden Gate Bridge from Travis Marina, Fort Baker, Marin Headlands, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, California

Marin Headlands: Just Across the Golden Gate Bridge

February 3, 2020March 11, 2020 California, California, Destinations, John, Marin County, San Francisco 2

Story and Photos by John Sundsmo. Living in, or visiting the San Francisco Bay Area, we are blessed with the boundless beauties of nature.

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Mother Rose pushing her two daughters in "Gypsy" the play now at Alcazar Theater, San Francisco, California

Gypsy, A Musical Fable

November 15, 2019March 11, 2020 California, California, Carol, Concert Events, Destinations, Lee, Reviews, San Francisco

Reviews by Carol Canter and Lee Daley (Review by Carol Canter) “Curtains up, light the lights, you got nothing to hit but the heights!”

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high tech tourism, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, California

Silicon Valley High Tech Tourism: Selfies and Swag

September 1, 2019March 11, 2020 California, California, Destinations, San Francisco 3

Story by David A. Laws. Personal digital devices and online social platforms are enabling a new kind of Silicon Valley tourism. Previously only of

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View of Sonoma Coast AVA, Russian River, from Thomas George vineyard in Guerenville

Russian River Rendezvous

July 20, 2019March 11, 2020 California, California, Destinations, Food and Wine, John, Russian River, Winery News, WineTasting 2

Story and Photos by John Sundsmo. “Hurry up and drop your bags. We’ve been waiting for you”, urged Jersey Tom from the door of

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Selfieville, Golden State Theater, Monterey, California

Selfieville was the New Family Friendly Fantasy Experience in Monterey

February 20, 2019August 24, 2021 California, California 2

Story and Photos by David A. Laws. If you feel nostalgic for those psychedelic light show/rock concerts of the 1960s, Selfieville a new attraction

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Escape to Chimney Rock at Point Reyes National Seashore,San Francisco Bay Area, Marin County, Northern California, California (Photo: John Williamson)

Point Reyes San Francisco Escape

December 27, 2018March 11, 2020 California, Destinations, Marin County, San Francisco 3

Story by Lee Daley Photos by John Williamson & Lee Daley. We are blessed in the San Francisco Bay Area with the stunningly beautiful

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Paul Gauguin’s Spiritual Journey Now at the de Young Museum in San Francisco

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 California, News, Reviews, San Francisco, Stephanie 3

Text and photos by Stephanie Levin. French painter and Post-Impressionist, Paul Gauguin, cultivated and inhabited two images, one a sensitive artist, the other a

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Road to Death Valley Meditation

March 26, 2017March 11, 2020 California, Desert, Destinations, John 1

Story and photos by John Sundsmo. Symbolic of new beginnings and new life, wild flowers are just beginning to be seen in the deserts

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