Category: NorCal Road Trip
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Mini Road Trip: Guerneville and Armstrong Redwoods
Across from our parking space- I can never resist a cut-out photo op! SMS and I got up and decided that we should hit the road in order to explore Guerneville and Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve during daylight hours. First, we needed fuel. We stopped at Nido for scones (not as good as I…
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Mini-Road Trip: Sacramento
View from the fantail at sunset, The Delta King On Monday, SMS and I each went to work. We met up afterwards for some climbing and, seeing that we were both off for the week, we decided that the next day, we were going to take a mini road-trip. I had to be roughly within…
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Oakland: Follow in the 36 Hours In… Footsteps
On Sunday, SMS and I headed into Oakland for some urban exploring. We were mostly following recommendations from the “36 Hours In…” article although we planned to end at one of our favorite restaurants, Hopscotch. Temescal Alley First, we stopped in the Temescal neighborhood, where we explored the two pedestrian alleys filled with artists’ shops.…
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Alameda: Walk Down Memory Lane
On the 26th, SMS and I decided to head out and explore. We had our day of rest after traveling on Christmas Eve from Colorado and it was time to take advantage of what the local area has to offer. We were going to go to Oakland to roughly follow the recent “36 Hours in…”…
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Anchors Away!
SMS and I had a great weekend. On Friday, we went to Shiva, a local Indian restaurant that was delicious! I had been eyeing it for awhile but had read somewhat mixed reviews. SMS likes being more spontaneous and not as review-dependent. Either way, we both wanted to go and it was awesome. I won…
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Weekend, weekend!
This weekend was pretty nice. SMS and I did a lot, but at the same time, it was all local and didn’t feel particularly rushed. It was just a really pleasant, overall relaxing weekend. R&W Estate Vineyard On Friday, I went to my book club meeting. We had read Pretty Girls, which I do not…
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Weekend Fun: Part 2, Pinnacles National Park
View from the High Peaks On Sunday, we woke up in our awesome hotel and packed up quickly. We were off to Pinnacles National Park for an awesome day of being outside and hiking! We hadn’t brought climbing gear but we thought it would still be a pretty good day. Before we left Monterey, we…
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Local Hiking- Purisima Creek
View on the descent! SMS and I had a super active and healthy weekend! What, on Halloween?!? I know, we are very snooze-worthy in that respect but we really had a great time outside. On Friday, we had a delicious salmon dinner after we took advantage of a sale on wild salmon at our local…
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Quality Time Weekend!
The past weekend was awesome! On Saturday, SMS and I headed to San Jose after a delicious ramen lunch at Orenchi ramen. SMS had gotten recommendations from two separate people so Saturday was the day to check it out. It was delicious! We both got the house special, which is a tonkotsu-broth ramen with slightly…
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Open up that Golden Gate!
Our approximate biking route I have a list of things I want to do/see while in the Bay Area and this weekend, I was determined to have a really fun day trip. The original plan was to hike on Angel Island, a destination highly recommended by a woman at work who has lived here for…
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