We were sitting in the back seat of Matsu-san's little jeep, climbing the rolling hills of Wazuka, Japan. The road was curvy, I was worried I would get carsick (I'm always carsick) the only thing that really helps is closing my eyes. But I couldn't stop looking at this view... We were in Japanese green tea country, exploring the mountain-top tea fields in Wazuka, Japan. Wazuka is a ...
A Sweet Day in Sacramento
Last weekend we held our latest #SweetsCrawl, an occasional EIT reader meetup and dessert-fueled city walking tour. We've done them several times before in various cities in California. It's a fun way to get out and do what I love to do--travel and eat! This time around we explored local bakeries, sweets shops, and foodie things to do in Sacramento, our state capital. About ten people came out ...
Traveling Overnight in an Amtrak Sleeper Car
California is a pretty magical place and one of my most telling local travel memories is this one... The Amtrak Coast Starlight train runs 1,200 miles up the West Coast of the U.S. from Los Angeles to Seattle. We took the train north along this route back in January 2011. We were headed to Southern Oregon for a nature photography conference and to begin Oregon coast road trip with Kevin's ...
Planning a Summer Trip to San Francisco
How would you spend a summer weekend in San Francisco? Travel search engine, KAYAK, asked me to share my best summer travel tips to help sync up with the launch of their Summer Travel Hacker Guide. Among other insights, they scoured their travel booking data to come up with the top 10 U.S. cities for a long weekend summer getaway, which I thought was an interesting list--some destinations I ...
Links I Love: May
Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto, Japan A (semi-) monthly round-up of things I'm reading, watching, and obsessing about. We’re doing our next #SweetsCrawl food tour next weekend in Sacramento. Northern California friends, join us there! You learn so much from traveling and working that you could not get in school. I love this trend for college-bound students who are able to take time off. I ...
Tips for Road Trips & Camping With Dogs
Summer is here, and I cannot wait to get outside. I'm planning two different camping trips this summer--our annual 4th of July friends trip, and a trip to Pinnacles National Park, America's newest national park in the rocky hills east of Monterey, California. On both trips, we'll be camping and driving up there with our dog. Posey is a seasoned traveler and we take her on a lot of ...
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