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LEED certified Bardessono Hotel evergreen in Napa Valley, California

No trees were cut down to make this eco-friendly hotel in Napa Valley, California. That’s not to say that Bardessono Hotel, Restaurant and Spa is housed in walls of steel and concrete. Quite the contrary. Salvaged Monterey Cypress has been milled into siding on exterior walls and Walnut trees have been used in the hotel’s

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Hofsas House Hotel, Carmel, California, Affordable Ocean Views

Pet-friendly Hofsas House, Carmel, California If you are one of those who enjoy traveling with man’s best friend, you’ve probably heard about or traveled with your dog to Carmel-by-the-Sea. The Hofsas House hotel in Carmel not only offers ocean view rooms at affordable prices, they welcome your four-legged friend in style. In all of my

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Things to See and Do in Sausalito, California

    Welcome to the Neighborhood, A Series About San Francisco Neighborhoods Sausalito For this installment of the “Welcome to the Neighborhood” series, we’re heading North over the Golden Gate Bridge to one of the Bay Area’s most popular towns – Sausalito. As we pointed out in our post about Mill Valley, the towns of Marin are not

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