From the beginning, I thought tamales were a complicated food. The first time I tried this traditional Mexican dish was shortly after I moved to California in 2001. I was exploring a farmers market in Long Beach when I spotted a food stall advertising a two tamal dinner special. I'd heard of the dish before, but I'd had never had the opportunity to try them in the culinarily homogenous region ...
Fort Funston: San Francisco’s Most Beautiful Dog Beach
Before San Francisco was born, much of the peninsula was covered by windswept layers of sand. Today, the largest remaining sand dunes are in Fort Funston, on the southwest coast of the city. The park, part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, is a spectacular sight with rolling wild dunes, patches of warm scrubby vegetation, and steep cliffs that fall to the Pacific Coast. The iron-rich ...
A Travel Checklist: Things to Do Before You Leave
I consider myself a pretty good traveler. It doesn't take me that long to pack, I'm not usually bothered by kinks in the road, and, hell, I started a travel blog to share the things I've learned. Still, nearly every time I prepare to go out of town for any reason, I get overwhelmed by the long list of things I need to do before I leave. The night before we leave, I'm always up late ...
Best Maui Beaches & Sunsets
There's not a lot that I can say about Maui that hasn't been said a thousand times before. People LOVE this island. Both times I've visited we've met travelers who vacation there year after year, and loads of mainland U.S. transplants. The island's motto, “Maui No Ka Oi,” actually means, “Maui is the best.” There's a lot to love about Maui but the top of the list is probably the wide diversity ...
Dog Friendly Hotel in Carmel: Hofsas House Hotel
On our last visit to Carmel-by-the-Sea, we stayed at a comfortable and unique boutique inn called the Hofsas House Hotel. The hotel opened in the 1940s and it is still operated by the same family. The founding family designed the hotel to look like a Bavarian Inn, inspired by their travels in Germany. The hotel is in short walking distance from downtown businesses and an easy ten-minute ...
Paris Park With A View: Promenade Plantée
Prior to the automobile, urban industrialists moved things around big cities using the steam engine. In the 20th century, these urban rail lines were gradually replaced by roads and trucks leaving miles of unused tracks. In 2009, New York City opened the High Line Park, a highly acclaimed project that took an out of use elevated rail bridge and turned it into a long, narrow park towering 25 feet ...
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