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Chef de Cuisine, Jennifer Venezio displays delectable farm-to-table dishes at Santé Restaurant, Fairmont Mission Inn, Sonoma, California

Welcome Back to Santé at Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn.

May 2, 2026May 3, 2026 Blues, California, California, Destinations, Food and Wine, Lee, WineTasting 0

Feature image: Chef de Cuisine, Jennifer Venezio displays delectable farm-to-table dishes at Santé Story and Photos by Lee Daley. Freshly reopened after a thoughtful

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Beacon Grand Holiday cable car outside the hotel, San Francisco, California

The Beacon Grand and Starlite Shine Brightly in San Francisco

February 17, 2025 California, Destinations, San Francisco 0

Story and Photos by Deborah Grossman. Feature Image: Holiday cable car outside the Beacon Grand Hotel. The saying goes that all who visited the

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A Passion for Life, Art and Wine: Thomas T. Thomas is Living His Dream

September 19, 2024September 23, 2024 California, California, Destinations, WineTasting 1

Story by Judith Horstman. Feature image: Winemaker Thomas T. Thomas (Photo: The Global Food and Drink Initiative) At age 18, Thomas T. Thomas was

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Beach view at Dream Inn hotel, Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz, California

Santa Cruz Boardwalk for Twenty Four Hours of Teenage Fun

August 30, 2023September 11, 2023 California, California, Destinations 0

Story and Photos by Deborah Grossman. This summer our granddaughter, Lauren, visited California on her own for the first time. On her last family

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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, 2022April 14, 2023 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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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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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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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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Road to Death Valley Meditation

March 26, 2017November 20, 2023 California, Desert, Destinations, John 1

Story and photos by John Sundsmo. Update November 20, 2023: In 2016, when my wife and I found meditative experiences in the tranquility of

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