Tag: northbaytrip2019

  • The Peanuts statues of Santa Rosa

    All over Santa Rosa’s downtown I stumbled across statues in the likeness of Charles Schulz’s Peanuts characters (Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, etc.) They’re all about […]

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  • Cyclisk

    Easily the strangest thing I saw on this trip was the “Cyclisk,” an obelisk made of around 340 damaged bicycles. It was created by Mark […]

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  • Luther Burbank Home and Gardens

    I arrived in Santa Rosa this afternoon and made a beeline for the Luther Burbank Home and Gardens. It’s the site of the home and […]

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  • Petaluma’s temperance fountain

    I happened to walk by a stone drinking fountain in downtown Petaluma with a curious inscription on the side: ERECTED 1891 TOTAL ABSTINENCEIS THE WAY […]

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  • Lagunitas Brewing Company tour

    Today I took a tour of the Lagunitas Brewing operation in Petaluma. The facility was largely built before they sold themselves to Heineken, and still […]

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  • Marin County Civic Center

    Exterior of the building The more I’ve seen of Frank Lloyd Wright’s designs, the more I’m convinced he was an interior designer at heart who […]

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  • Museum of International Propaganda

    My last stop in downtown San Rafael was a tiny museum with an unusual premise: the Museum of International Propaganda. Housed in a former shoe […]

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  • Louis Pasteur “420” statue

    When I got off the bus from the Larkspur Ferry Terminal, I discovered I was a short walk from the origin of a well known […]

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  • Mission San Rafael Arcangel

    For the Forth of July weekend, I decided to split the difference between a real vacation and a “staycation,” opting to explore several parts of […]

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