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Streets of San Francisco Insider Tips

Welcome to the Neighborhood, A Series About San Francisco Neighborhoods   About the author. Dianne Admire was the co-owner of San Francisco company Carried Away. If you’re visiting San Francisco, you may find that many of the “must-see” places are packed with people. Are you looking for streets of San Francisco insider tips? Summer is

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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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What to Do in Solvang, California: Explore Little Denmark

Itching to travel in Europe? Solvang offers a taste of Northern Europe without ever having to leave the U.S. Founded by Danish-Americans in 1911, Solvang is known as California’s Little Denmark. The name means “Sunny Fields” in Danish and has plenty of old-world charm. Surrounded by the vineyards of the Santa Ynez Valley wine country,

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