Tag: travel

  • Sacramento street art

    Like a lot of cities with abandoned buildings and big blank walls facing unused lots, in recent years Sacramento has turned to street art to […]

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  • R Street food tour from Local Roots

    When it comes to food we’re pretty spoiled in California, with fresh produce from local farms, seafood, and of course plenty of wine to go […]

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  • California State Capitol tour

    Visiting the state capitol for the tour, I was immediately surprised by two things: one, the front of the building is largely covered up by […]

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  • Old Sacramento Waterfront and the underground

    The waterfront is where Sacramento began, although today it barely feels like a part of the city. It’s all but cut off from downtown Sacramento […]

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  • California Governor’s Mansion

    For the weekend I decided to take the train up to Sacramento, staying in a bed and breakfast located in a creaky old 19th century […]

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  • The Broad

    My final stop on this trip to Los Angeles was The Broad (pronounced more like “The Brode”) a free modern art museum financed by the […]

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  • Thought Experiments in F# Minor

    The Walt Disney Concert Hall designed by Frank Gehry is the home of Los Angeles Philharmonic, aka “LA Phil.” In the early afternoon on non-concert […]

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  • Angels Flight

    For my last day in Los Angeles I was determined to cross a few items off my bucket list, and in order to get there […]

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  • Santa Monica

    After leaving the California Science Center I took the Metro Expo Line — soon to be renamed the E Line and combined with the Gold […]

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  • Space Shuttle Endeavour

    Today I went to the California Science Center — a free Los Angeles museum mostly aimed at kids — to see something pretty amazing: a […]

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