Tag: travel
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Luther Burbank Home and Gardens
I arrived in Santa Rosa this afternoon and made a beeline for the Luther Burbank Home and Gardens. It’s the site of the home and […]
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Petaluma’s temperance fountain
I happened to walk by a stone drinking fountain in downtown Petaluma with a curious inscription on the side: ERECTED 1891 TOTAL ABSTINENCEIS THE WAY […]
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Lagunitas Brewing Company tour
Today I took a tour of the Lagunitas Brewing operation in Petaluma. The facility was largely built before they sold themselves to Heineken, and still […]
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Marin County Civic Center
Exterior of the building The more I’ve seen of Frank Lloyd Wright’s designs, the more I’m convinced he was an interior designer at heart who […]
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Museum of International Propaganda
My last stop in downtown San Rafael was a tiny museum with an unusual premise: the Museum of International Propaganda. Housed in a former shoe […]
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Louis Pasteur “420” statue
When I got off the bus from the Larkspur Ferry Terminal, I discovered I was a short walk from the origin of a well known […]
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Mission San Rafael Arcangel
For the Forth of July weekend, I decided to split the difference between a real vacation and a “staycation,” opting to explore several parts of […]
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Riding Amtrak’s California Zephyr: Life on board the train
I assume most people have never ridden the California Zephyr route — if they’ve ever been on Amtrak at all. This post is for those […]
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Riding Amtrak’s California Zephyr: Tickets, scheduling, stations, and boarding
Let’s get the obvious out of the way first: the California Zephyr’s schedule is very inflexible. Each stop gets one train per day, per direction. […]
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