San Francisco is just 15 minutes away from the Bay Area’s past and my own. Pacifica, which means peace, has a little brown church, an old train car, and restaurants where locals foxtrot and drink Manhattans. It’s also where my husband Rich and I bought our first house...
This article originally ran on Wander With Wonder in 2017. All dates and information have been updated for Holiday Season 2018. San Franciscans are known for being different and the holidays are no exception. Instead of riding on a one-horse open sleigh they sing...
Don’t tell anyone but I have the seven-year-itch. I don’t want a divorce, but I do have the urge to sleep in another bed and suitors are wooing me like foghorns embracing the City by the Bay. There is plenty of temptation in San Francisco with a hotel in the forest, a...
If you look beyond the bright lights of the honky tonks, distilleries, and the Grand Ole Opry, you’ll discover a hidden Nashville. It’s a city that made a mark in history during the suffragette and civil rights movements. You can explore the city's legacy at these...
When George Clooney, Richard Branson, Donatella Versace, and Madonna are snapping up vacation villas along Lake Como frequent flyers take notice. If your invitation to their housewarmings got lost in the mail don’t fret, there is an open invitation to the daffodil...
Déjà vu… heard of it… didn’t really believe in it …until my plane landed. My ticket read Spain but this destination looks just like Hawaii. Readers, I only had one glass of wine on the plane—okay make that two, but it was Spanish wine and I was doing research for you!...
Hysterical, screeching laughter; that’s the first thing you hear. Then you see her: a 6-foot-tall red-haired woman with freckles and gap teeth enclosed in a glass box. Laughing Sal is the unofficial barker welcoming visitors to San Francisco's Musée Mécanique...