Who hasn’t dreamed about seeing the land at the time of dinosaurs from a safe place? Marveling at the mighty giants roaming a plant and water planet? Hearing the roars, shrieks and flaps of creatures long extinct? Now I can’t promise you all that – wish I could – but the San Francisco Conservatory of [...]
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Just 30 miles south of San Francisco, the Filoli Gardens offer a day escape for families looking to discover an heirloom fruit tree orchard, theme gardens and a historical mansion in Woodside.
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Hakone Gardens in fall colors. Photo by C.G. Terraced on the eastern slopes of the Santa Cruz mountains just off the city of Saratoga, Hakone Gardens is an escape to manicured and lush Japanese gardens you only see in period movies. Depending on the season, the garden dons the golden and crimson hues of autumn, [...]
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Alcatraz Island with the fog rolling under the Golden Gate Bridge – Photo by C.G. “You break the rules, you go to prison. You break the rules of the prison, you go to Alcatraz.” This anonymous quote welcome you in big block letters at the ferry landing on Alcatraz Island. The maximum security penitentiary added [...]
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Filoli’s 16-acre English Renaisssance Garden comes to life every year with the Daffodil Days, a grand flower display that features 144,000 daffodils from 118 different varieties planted throughout the garden. Some are in pots, some in the ground. Some are fragrant, some are not. However you’ll recognize the tell-tale spherical shape of “…golden daffodils, beside the [...]
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