If you have visited Alcatraz, the island penitentiary about a mile off the coast of San Francisco, you might have heard a tour guide talk about how painful it was for the inmates to see and hear the sounds of San Francisco just out of reach. When I last toured Alcatraz, I experienced what the guard […]
The conference I was attending in San Francisco included an evening event at The Winery SF on Treasure Island, a man-made island in the San Francisco Bay with amazing views of the city. We were shuttled there by trolley via the Bay Bridge and enjoyed wine and dinner in a beautiful venue. Here are three […]
No trip to California, even one for business, is complete without wine. Fortunately this trip also included a trip to a winery with work and a personal trip to Napa over the following weekend. Here are three of my favorite wine barrel shots. What do you think? Do you have a favorite below? Wine Barrel […]
The Bay Bridge opened for traffic in November 1936 and has one of the longest spans in the United States. Nearly 240,000 vehicles travel across the bridge daily. A replacement bridge built alongside the original opened in September 2013. It cost over $6.5 billion to build and is currently the world’s widest bridge. On a […]
In honor of my last trip to the Golden State, the first bottle of wine I enjoyed this trip to California was one from Lockwood Vineyard in Monterey. On Today’s Date in the Past: Tulips in Bryant Park Angry (Red) Bird You Might Also Enjoy: Other Monterey Posts Other Wine Posts
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