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While it may not be the Grand Canal in Venice, you can experience an authentic Venetian Gondola ride on Lake Merritt in Oakland, California.
Operating year round, Gondola Servizio offers private tours (meaning you are not thrown together with strangers) on a reservation only basis. Come as a couple for a romantic sunset rid, or […]
When your sweet tooth just won’t keep silent, indulge your love of chocolate with your desire to be healthy and check out Scharffen Berger Chocolate in Berkeley, California (914 Heinz Avenue, map it).
Founded in 1996 by a wine maker and a doctor, the company is a complete manufacturer of chocolate. That is, they make […]
Hello there Fly Away Cafe readers. I’m Jennifer.
Mary Jo nicely asked me to guest post while she’s away in Italy. I’d rather be in Italy. Wouldn’t you? I did accept because I love when people owe me favors - just kidding, actually I love to travel, and I love learning about other places; places far […]
A room is a room is a room — unless it’s something special or different — and that what the Lighthouse Inn at Point Cabrillo is offering its guests.
The California coast bed and breakfast offers six room, four in the restored Head Lightkeeper’s House and two in Garden Cottages, the latter of which […]
Take a wild and rickety ride on one of the two remaining west coast oceanfront roller coasters, The Giant Dipper.
Located in Belmont Park (Mission Boulevard and West Mission Bay Drive in San Diego), an old-style family amusement park, the Giant Dipper has been restored from its original 1925 condition, and now lurches riders through […]
One of my favorite buildings in the Oakland, California skyline is the 21-story Tribune Tower. Originally opened in 1923, it was the home of the Oakland Tribune newspaper, with the top floor of the clock tower as the home for KLX Radio.
After the Tower was damaged in the 1989 Loma Pieta earthquake, the newspaper […]
I’ve toured a city by car, bus, train, moped, bicycle, motorcycle, scooter, and on foot. Each mode of touring offers different options and varying perspectives on a city.
Travelers in San Francisco and San Diego now have an additional choice on how to see the city — a GoCar. The GoCar is a talking 3-wheeled vehicle […]
I love wandering the streets of a city, never any specific direction in mind, just wandering up and down the streets, popping into any little shop or gallery that may catch my eye, stopping for a cup of coffee or a glass of wine when I get a little tired.
Wandering is a great way to […]
San Francisco’s Chinese New Year Parade, celebrating the Year of the Boar (Lunar Year 4705), will begin on Saturday, March 3rd at 5:30 pm. The parade will start at 2nd & Market, ending in the heart of Chinatown. This parade is one of the few remaining illuminated Parades in the country, and is consistently named […]
Location: Napa Valley Vineyard.
One of my most enjoyable weekend trips is to spend time wine tasting in the Napa Valley (California). While several large, major wineries are located in Napa, I’ve found that some of the most fun are the smaller, limited production, family wineries.
Photo: Aaron Logan
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Written by Mary Jo Manzanares [email] for b5media.
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