Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
San Francisco: Hotel Zoe While in San Francisco we stayed a couple of nights at the Hotel Zoe in the Fisherman’s Wharf. We did rent a car to drive to Napa but we rented it from the rental location in Fisherman’s Wharf and not at the airport to save money on both the rental and
Check out my first San Francisco post here! The one thing that everyone wants to see when in San Francisco is the Golden Gate Bridge and when we were there it was shrouded in fog. The fog seemed to hug the coastline starting at the far side of the bridge. This fog made the ride
Happy New Year to all and welcome to 2023, may it treat us well. This was the final prompt for 2022. Inspiration: Dicken’s A Christmas Carol and other Victorian error Christmas ghost stories. Prompt: Write a ghost story with a moral. The response to this were great in our writing group. The writer that won
We had some fantastic trips this last year. Below are some of the highlights. I hope that you had a magical 2022 as well. Here is to an exciting 2023. Ireland This was the trip of a lifetime. I have wanted to go to Ireland for as long as I can remember. We saw some
Time for some yuletide tales! For this prompt we selected a creature from a winter holiday belief system from around the world with a very brief description. I selected the Mari Lwyd. This is a bit of Welsh mythos-tradition, the only description I was given was a horse skull draped in a cloth that requests
Breakfast After our ride on the cable car we needed breakfast and, based on a recommendation from the hotel, we decided to try the Hollywood Cafe on North Point Street. It is within walking distance of the cable car turn around. We enjoyed breakfast on the covered patio. We had breakfast about 10am on a
As I discussed in my 5 Travel Tips for Napa post, this was a girls trip. Due to the time difference we were all up before 6am on our first morning in California, despite not getting to the hotel until midnight. This worked to our advantage. Riding the Cable Car After coffee we decided to
The prompt for this story was to bring a Greco-Roman god or goddess into 2022. I had a lot of fun with this one, I’ve always enjoyed Greek mythology. My only edits are for spelling and a few little organization changes for readability. “If you enjoyed my music please make sure to like and subscribe!”
I can’t remember which blog it was but one mentioned having made an excess of butternut squash pies that her husband devoured. I had to try one and so I modified a sweet potato pie recipe that I have been making for my grandfather. We had a Friendsgiving and this recipe was hit. Ingredients: Directions:
In October I took a girls trip to San Francisco and Napa. We had a great time and I learned a lot planning this trip. Before sharing the adventure I want to provide these tips that either helped in the planning or I learned while on the trip. Looking to go on a budget? Research
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