I just spent the most beautiful spring day in San Francisco exploring the art of Claude Monet at the Legion of Honor. Monet has been a favorite artist of mine for years. I truly fell in love with his art and Impressionism waaaaay back in high school. Given the fact that I am a huge …
They say that the family that plays together, stays together. With our large family, getting everyone’s schedule to line up and allow for all of us to be together can be very challenging. So much so, that planning a summer vacation where we can all be together is hard. Who wants to go on vacation? Everyone, …
The fall weather in Northern California has been simply wonderful! We are finally getting a bit of much needed rain, but two short weekends ago the sun was shinning and the ocean breeze was blowing warm in Monterey. My husband and I got away for two short days and one night to celebrate his birthday. …
I am always on the hunt for a good travel deal. As a teacher and parent that loves to globe-trot, I have to stretch my travel dollars as far as possible. I do this in a multitude of ways working hard to put the pieces of my travel puzzle together to fit our needs and budget. …
On January 1st, we started the year with a day hike in Joshua Tree National Park. It was a beautiful way to usher in the new year – so much so, I think that this might be a new tradition. Better still was that December 31st was spent at a spa! That was a relaxing way to …
A day spent at the California Academy of Science is a day well spent! I have been meaning to get to San Francisco and visit the California Academy of Science to see their exhibit, Whales: Giants of the Deep for some time. And since that exhibit is closing the end of this month – I …
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #FallGlamping #Glamping #CollectiveBias I recently spent four wonderful days in the Santa Cruz Mountains with my 6th graders! This was our annual sixth grade science camp excursion to Camp Campbell where I get the pleasure of hiking, exploring, singing …
I am not sure if a three stop beer bar crawl is a legit crawl, but I can tell you the places we visited are most definitely legit! Last weekend was Father’s day and since my kids (the two currently in California) spent the day with their dad, and my hubby’s kids were away on vacation with …
I grew up in the wine country of Sonoma County, California. Being surrounded by vineyards and wineries when you are a kid really doesn’t mean much. Other than when family from out of state visit, everyone heads to the wineries for wine tasting. As a kid we got to tag along and hang outside – …
Russian River Brewing Pub has been making quite a name for itself over the past few years. Most notably for the Pliney the Younger a triple IPA that is a limited release with a release date of the first Friday in February. I am fortunate enough that I have enjoyed Pliny the Younger – yes believe it …
