“Open sesame.” I asked the secret passageway through the bookcase to reveal itself. “Open sesame!” I commanded, an octave lower. Nothing. I looked at my friends, the ten of us pressed close ...

In the 1930s Monterey was better known for it’s fishing than for its tourism. The big debate in that decade was what could be done about the terrible smell produced by the ...

My neck is cramping. I’m trying to look up the inside of a 220 foot-tall burned-out Sequoia. It still lives, but where you would expect the “heart” of the tree is empty ...

Coincidentally while I was planning a trip to Southern California last week, I saw that the small boutique hotel chain Avia (4 hotels) was looking for travel writers to come stay at ...

I was invited to the Yard House restaurant as their guest while I was down here in Long Beach. The Yard House restaurant boasts the “world’s largest selection of draft beers” with ...

Mission San Juan Bautista in central California is a treasure for history buffs like me. The mission was built in 1797 as part of a string of missions stretched from Baja California ...

Last Thursday British Columbia Tourism came to San Francisco to try and entice residents to come up to Canada and more specifically to British Columbia on vacation. They brought Olympic Gold Medalists ...

My father used to travel a lot for business, 100,000 miles a year or more. In his travels he would often encounter someone who had been to California, where I grew up, ...

San Francisco – Golden Gate Park Originally uploaded by Xevi V Mistakes to avoid while in San Francisco Last month my daughter and I went to St Helena to visit my son ...

1. Best walk – Bike or walk the Monterey Bay Coastal Bike Trail from Fisherman’s Wharf to Lover’s Point The Monterey Bay Coastal Bike Trail is around 29 miles long stretching from ...