St. Patrick’s Day is one of my favorite holidays. Yesterday, we decided to do something we had never done – enjoy St. Patrick’s Day festivities in San Francisco.
Skiing North Lake Tahoe
Featured Museum: The California Story
The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) showcases the state’s history of attracting newcomers from early explorers to recent immigrants, as well as chronicling the lives of the native people who were here before them. OMCA also presents California’s influence in the world, significant events, art, and natural sciences. There’s something for everybody — native Californians, newcomers, and visitors.
Art and the Wild West
My Vineyard Wedding

The Blue Lady: Ghost on the Coast
Chinatown: The Pretty and the Gritty

Off the main tourist routes in San Francisco’s Chinatown are several alleys that offer a different, old world perspective of life in this famous area of the city. Beyond Grant Avenue’s dragon-adorned street lamps and pagoda façades are these small streets where the residents go about their daily lives.