Sonoma’s Valley of the Moon Vintage Festival
Stomping grapes is part of the Valley of the Moon Vintage Festival tradition - photo courtesy of Luke via Creative Commons Sonoma is world-renown wine country, the star of the California wine-making...
View ArticlePasadena’s Chocolate Salon
Pasadena's Chocolate Salon features exquisite and unique chocolates Yup! You’ve read that correctly. Decadence isn’t dead. Pasadena has, apparently, come across some magic combination of intelligence,...
View ArticleSolvang, Buellton, and the Santa Ynez Valley
Visit Santa Ynez Valley for nice scenery and wine! - photo courtesy of Jester7777 via Wikimedia Commons After the wine-lover movie Sideways debuted, the humble corner of California known as the Santa...
View ArticleThe Insider’s Guide to San Diego
San Diego San Diego is California’s second largest city, but what draws people year after year to this bustling modern epicenter is not its sheer size, but its originality, its placement by the...
View ArticleFall Festivals in San Diego
San Diego Beer Fest. Yum! Photo courtesy of klorrainegraham via Flickr. When the hot sun of summer subsides, the air of relief and the joyful celebration of fall begins. It’s harvest season, and with...
View ArticleOutdoor Bars and Cafes of San Diego
The beautiful and iconic Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego is a font of outdoor cafes and sidewalk eateries. San Diego is a great town – full of sunshine, great weather, and the beautiful Pacific. It’s a...
View ArticleSan Diego’s Craft Beer Boom
IPAs dominate the San Diego craft beer scene. Photo courtesy of Danny Baza Blas/ Flickr. San Diego has fast become the craft beer capital of America. The number of local breweries and brewpubs has more...
View ArticleOvernight Trip to the Anza-Borrego Desert
Fonts Point by Rob Malouf (CC BY-ND 2.0) Just a two-hour drive from San Diego, the Anza-Borrego Desert is a playground for geologists and astronomers, as well as outdoor adventurers and art...
View ArticleWhere to Find Mexican Culture in San Diego
Just 30 minutes across the border to the south, Mexico has played a long and intimate role in the history of San Diego, California. Travelers see Mexican culture in San Diego in the names of...
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