Taking the Long Road Home Through Big Sur
My holiday traditions each year seem to always go like this: Mail 100+ Christmas cards Buy and decorate a tree Have 20+ people over for…
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The 9 Best Vegetarian Dishes on Valencia Street – A Mission Moveable Feast
Calvin Trillin, one of my favorite authors, wrote vividly about hypothetical moving feasts that sampled from different restaurants all across New York City to make…
5 Detours to Take During Sonoma Wine Tasting
Every road trip with friends should be full of delicious detours! I like nothing more than living up to my reputation as "delaybot" while discovering…
A Spanish-Style Picnic in Sonoma Wine Country
Shane came up to visit for the weekend and to celebrate his and Jackie's birthdays. What better way to enjoy California's late summer with our…
More Ideas for Exploring San Francisco with Nephews
We're back! The jet lag is receding, a huge surge of client branding work is starting to slow down, souvenirs are distributed to friends. Almost back…
Paragliding Over Lake Annecy, France
After six weeks of traveling, it was finally almost time to head back to the states. This trip had been eventful to say the least. There were…
Hunting for Tartiflette in the French Alps
After our day of cheese hiking with the very fancy French cows in Semnoz, Rob and I set off on a new cheese-based adventure the…
Cheese Hiking in Semnoz, up in the French Alps
Rob coined the term "cheese hiking" to perfectly describe the experience of trekking across high alpine wildflower meadows dotted with farmhouse fromage shops. Welcome to…
Paddleboat Picnic on Lake Annecy
It was a cloudy, but still warm day on Monday in the Haute Savoie. Perfect weather to take a paddleboat out on Lake Annecy without…
Hiking the Foret Communale D’Annecy – Wildflowers and Meadows
Just south of the old city in Annecy, there's a massive public green space called the "Foret Communale D'Annecy." Apparently, after decades of cutting for…