California Travel Photo Essays
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News
Photos: Color, Life and Food in the Mission District
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – The Mission District in San Francisco is known as a vibrant, colorful place full of murals,…
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Review: Sanctuary Beach Resort Monterey, After My Stay With 3 Kids
The term “beach hotel” gets used pretty loosely these days. As a professional travel photographer, I’ve stayed at plenty of…
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This Monterey Hotel Has A Nightly Tradition That Feels Like Something Out of a Movie
MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA – Some hotel rituals feel scripted. But at the Sanctuary Beach Resort on Monterey Bay, the hotel has…
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Activities
10 Awesome Things You’ll See at Snoopy’s Home Base, the Charles Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa
SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA – From a life-size Snoopy flying his doghouse to the world’s longest “Peanuts” strip, Santa Rosa’s Charles…
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Before Everyone Hated it, PG&E Was a Glamorous, Exciting Company Electrifying the West
Long before wildfires and bankruptcy headlines drove the utility to record-low public approval, Pacific Gas & Electric was Northern California’s…
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Food
This Miniscule Sonoma Town Of 85 Souls is an Unexpected Culinary Mecca
SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA – Blink and you’ll miss Duncans Mills on the map—but stop for lunch and you’ll find a…
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Activities
I Visited This Brentwood U-Pick Farm and Found Branches Groaning Under Tons of Cherries
BRENTWOOD, CALIFORNIA – U-pick season is officially here, and farms around Brentwood, California have trees groaning under branches filled with…
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Wine Country’s Best Kid’s Activity Has a 4 Scale Mile Train Ride–and Alpacas
SONOMA, CALIFORNIA – Wine Country’s best kid-friendly stop Isn’t a tasting room at all—it’s Sonoma TrainTown Railroad, a 10-acre miniature…
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Why is Lake Tahoe So Blue, Anyway?
Its sapphire shimmer stops drivers in their tracks, yet the science behind Lake Tahoe’s eye-popping color is often misunderstood. Here’s…
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Travel & Day Trips
8 Things Most Tourists Never Get to See in San Francisco
Think you’ve “done” San Francisco after Fisherman’s Wharf and a cable‑car selfie? The locals are still hoarding plenty of thrills you…
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