While Julian, California is traditionally known as the hot spot for apple picking (and apple pies) in late September and October, there are still loads…
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Tag: Road Trip
Photo Tour: Revisiting Ragged Point in Big Sur, California
If you’ve been reading for a while, you know that Andy and I spent the last night of our Honeymoon in Ragged Point/Big Sur, California.…
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Visiting Cambria Beach Lodge on Moonstone Beach in Cambria, California
If you are looking for a hotel with thoughtful amenities, comfortable beds and a location across from Moonstone Beach in Cambria, California, book an ocean…
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Visiting Manzanar
Manzanar. You can’t visit it without being impacted in some way. It’s still a difficult place, even though many decades have passed. In fact, it…
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TusCA Ristorante: Taking California Cuisine Upscale in Monterey
Our formal dinner at TusCA, housed inside the main registration building of the Hyatt Regency Monterey, actually started with a wine tasting in a special…
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Discovering the Twisted Roots of a California Winemaker
We had the privilege of being introduced to Josh Ruiz, and his Twisted Roots label, before dinner during our stay at the Hyatt Regency Monterey.…
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The Monterey Fireplace Lounge: A Cozy Hotel Restaurant
We left bright and early (actually, it wasn’t all that bright out yet) to get up to Monterey in time for our scheduled events. Traffic…
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Explore Salt Creek in California’s Death Valley
As we made our way from the wildflowers along Beatty Cutoff to 190, heading east in California’s Death Valley, we noticed a significant number of…
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Italian Food Delights at Gaetano’s
On our first night in Torrance, the Discover Torrance team and our group of travel and food writers descended upon Gaetano’s Restaurant. I was fairly…
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