Last Thursday British Columbia Tourism came to San Francisco to try and entice residents to come up to Canada and more specifically to British Columbia on vacation. They brought Olympic Gold Medalists [...]

Tutankhamun was not the most important ruler in ancient Egypt. He became king at the age of 9 and only ruled until he was 19. He restored the ancient gods of Egypt [...]

San Francisco – Golden Gate Park
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Mistakes to avoid while in San Francisco
Last month my daughter and I went to St Helena to visit my son who is attending [...]

At San Francisco’ s Grace Cathedral people you will often see people slowly walking on one of two labyrinths in a contemplative fashion. There is one labyrinth outside and one inside the [...]

One of the most interesting neighborhoods in San Jose is not a neighborhood at all but a shopping area that was rebuilt for mixed use with housing as well as shops, restaurants, [...]

It may be possible that here in the heart of Silicon Valley that there are a few fans of the Star Trek franchise. OK, it may be possible that a few of [...]

San Jose – California
Originally uploaded by Luciano Stabel
When I was a kid growing up in central California, downtown San Jose was a place to avoid. A number of years ago Mayor [...]

James Lick
James Lick had a problem. He was a very rich man and wanted to be remembered after his death. He thought about building a giant pyramid in downtown San Francisco, he [...]

San Francisco has some great public art and one of my favorites are these statues on a bench just south of the main gate of Chinatown on Grant street. It is the [...]

The Richmond district of San Francisco is very easy to find on a map. It is the area just North of the large east-west swath of greenery that is Golden Gate Park [...]