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Berkeley and Beyond

 

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BERKELEY and Beyond

. . . A savvy local provides you with the reliable expert travel information you need to plan great adventures in
Berkeley
San Francisco
Northern California
and destinations beyond . . .

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. . . BERKELEY . . .

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ANNUAL EVENTS
ATTRACTIONS
RESTAURANTS
COFFEEHOUSES
VEGGIE PLACES
HOTELS

Best SOLO DINING in Berkeley
Bette’s Oceanview Diner
Great China
Homemade Cafe
Le Mediterranee
Picante
Tacubaya
 

Been to TELEGRAPH AVENUE lately?

NEW! HIKE THE BERKELEY PATHS

. . . SAN FRANCISCO . . .

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BORED?  And also low on TIME and MONEY?
Take a STAYCATION in San Francisco:
HOTEL 
FIRST DAY ATTRACTION
FIRST DAY DINNER
SECOND DAY BREAKFAST
SECOND DAY ATTRACTION
SECOND DAY SECOND ATTRACTION + DINNER

CHRISTMAS STAYCATION
 

San Francisco Neighborhoods/Shopping
CASTRO DISTRICT
CHINATOWN
CLEMENT STREET
DOGPATCH
THE EMBARCADERO
     Embarcadero Center
     Ferry Building Marketplace    
FINANCIAL DISTRICT
FISHERMAN’S WHARF
     Ghirardelli Square
     Pier 39
HAIGHT-ASHBURY
HAYES VALLEY
JAPANTOWN
MARINA DISTRICT
     Chestnut Street
MISSION DISTRICT
     Mission Street/24th Street
     Valencia Corridor
NOE VALLEY
NORTH BEACH
SACRAMENTO STREET
SOUTH OF MARKET (SOMA)
UNION SQUARE
     The Tenderloin
UNION STREET/COW HOLLOW
UPPER FILLMORE STREET

. . . BEYOND . . .

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Photo Gallery of Cats Around the World

What’s on your BUCKET LIST?
here’s some inspirational reading

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photos around the world

a few Weekend ADVENTURES
Alcatraz Island
Oakland Zoo
Mt. Tamalpais overnight
Rosie the Riveter park
Mendocino and Fort Bragg
Grass Valley and Nevada City
way more weekend advenures

farther away ADVENTURES
Avenue of the Giants
Solvang
San Diego and La Jolla
Kauai
NYC
Iceland and China

see the latest Weekend Adventures Update blog post
see the latest Travels with Carole worldwide blog post
see the latest interview with Carole--Travel Rock Stars (click, then scroll down)

see Carole’s recent articles for orbitz.com
including restaurants in former churches

fast and yummy RECIPES
Snickerdoodles
World’s Best Granola

VEGGIE places in Northern California

just for FUN--names for groups of animals
How many do you know?

slow down and savour life’s little pleasures
find out where to
. . . play
                             
. . . stay
                             
. . . eat
                                                           

Read Carole’s recent interview in The Monthly, in which she talks about flying, putrid sharks, and webcams.

BACKGROUND about Berkeley and Beyond

about PUBLISHER Carole Terwilliger Meyers

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