Category: Travel

  • A Book(s), A Plate and A Walk

    A Book(s), A Plate and A Walk

    Today I was seeking adventure, so I donned my writer’s cap and headed to the library

  • Travelings

    Travelings

    My mom was traveling out of the country and asked me to drive her to the airport, so I fired up my jalopy, and headed up to her town. The traffic was light, even for a Saturday. Taking the 880 can be a grind as there’s usually many pockets of gridlock, but today, the going…

  • Chipotle Harvest Bowl

    Chipotle Harvest Bowl

    At the Veggie Grill Today I had to visit Kaiser, on the other side of town, for some routine items. The “had” is a misnomer, because I work from home, so when I get to go out with my wife on the weekends, or run my own errands, it’s a chance to get out of…

  • Travel Log

    Travel Log

    This Labor Day weekend, I went on my frequent trek to library, bookstore and lunch. As the last two were this time in a different location from my library, I mapped out the way to a different library, and it turned out to be on the way to the other two. I live in East…

  • Ginochio’s Kitchen

    Ginochio’s Kitchen

    So, we were driving south on Rt 1 in California, and made a wrong turn while seeking lunch in Bodega Bay, when my wife decided to see what might be at our waterfront dead-end. I am glad she did, as we discovered Ginochio’s Kitchen (and enjoyed the dining courtyard shared with its neighbor, Gourmet Au…

  • Capitola Craze

    Capitola Craze

    We needed a destination for our Saturday, and had recently gone to the city; since we regularly visited downtown Santa Cruz, my wife decided on a day by the shore at Capitola. Driving over the hill on 17 was often a bit of a grind, and today, though we got an early start, was stupendously…

  • Travels with Shea

    Travels with Shea

    Volume1 Today we headed to Monterey. We’d been credited for a visit to the aquarium we couldn’t complete when I’d been ill, so today, months later, we decided to make use of it. It was nice of the folks at the Monterey Bay Aquarium to let us come back for free; we’d barely started our…