Category Archives: .US

1. Santa Barbara: Father’s Day

Posted on June 20, 2021 by admin

Happy Father’s Day in Santa Barbara… Arts & Crafts Show… Public Market… Empty Bowls… Lokum… yum 🙂 Back to East Beach in the afternoon… lovely Chromatic Gate… sweet day!

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0. SF Bay Area – Santa Barbara

Posted on June 19, 2021 by admin

Left at 11-ish… late lunch or early early dinner around 5PM from El Pastorcito… tacos & burritos… lengua… yum! East Beach stroll… to Stearns Wharf… let the vacation begin!

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CITINERARY: Downtown Santa Barbara

Posted on June 19, 2021 by admin

2021.06.SantaBarbara . pdf

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ITINERARY: Santa Barbara 2021

Posted on June 12, 2021 by admin

Yucatan – California… 0-1… Santa Barbara here we come! 2021.06.SantaBarbara tentative itinerary: [6.19]Sat: Bay Area to Santa Barbara Villa Elegante: Santa Catalina, East Beach, Taqueria El Pastorcito? [6.20]Sun: Santa Barbara Arts & Crafts Show: 10:00AM-6:00PM Hidden Gem in Santa Barbara … Continue reading →

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PLANT TRAVEL: Canyon Gray, Lost Coast, Anchor Bay…

Posted on May 11, 2021 by admin

Since ‘David’s Choice’ was missing the artemisia fragrance I travelled back to the nursery for the ‘Canyon Gray’… only to find the Achillea ‘Lost Coast‘ for the butterfly b&b… and add the Ceanothus gloriosus ‘Anchor Bay’ on the plant travel … Continue reading →

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ANNIVERSARY: Sea Ranch

Posted on April 18, 2021 by admin

The Sea Ranch in April… starting the trip early brings an extra day feeling… bright & crisp weather… wildflowers… walk by the Del Mar Landing Marine Reserve… to Salal Creek… sunset by the ocean… a beautiful half day that feels … Continue reading →

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DAY TRIP: Downtown San Jose

Posted on March 8, 2021 by admin

Downtown San Jose… long time no see… quietly colorful…

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UC SANTA CRUZ: Upper Campus

Posted on February 28, 2021 by admin

Happily continuing on the hiking tour of UC Santa Cruz… this time on the Upper Campus… through the young redwood forest… to the graffiti tanks… ending by the ocean… It’s a beautiful campus!

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BIRTHDAY TRIP: TAHOE

Posted on February 20, 2021 by admin

Wed, 02/17/2021 Short drive to Tahoe… short walk to the Meadow… February snow… lovely weather… between two snow storms… Thu, 02/18/2021 Cloudy with a chance of… 3D snow… hiking through the meadow… Tahoe XC… hmmm… Fri, 02/19/2021 Snowballs from Tahoe… … Continue reading →

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HIKE: Almaden Quicksilver County Park

Posted on February 7, 2021 by admin

Signs of spring… at Almaden Quicksilver County Park… on a short cut of History Trail . pdf Quicksilver History Loop

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