What I love about living in the Bay Area is that within 1-2 hours you’re in a totally different place. You can be walking through a redwood forest, or eating freshly picked strawberries, or walking along the beach all within…
Napa Valley: Bay Area Day Trip
You could easily spend a week in the Napa Valley. Think: shopping, eating, and drinking! Between the 4 main towns that make up Napa Valley (Yountville, Napa, St. Helena, and Calistoga) there is a lot to do. I recently spent…
Weekend in Petaluma, CA: Bay Area Weekend Getaway
I recently covered Mexico’s Wine Country, so it only made sense to also make a trip up to the Sonoma & Napa Valley area to check out what they had to offer. I feel like when people talk about visiting…
Fall Bucket List: Apple Picking & Pumpkin Pie in the Bay Area, CA
I LOVE APPLE PICKING. Probably because it’s more of a day trip activity unless you’re #blessed and live in the ‘burbs near farmland. Something about it – walking through orchards, snacking on straight off the tree apples, picking up a…
Bay Area Day Trips: Davenport , California
One of the things I love most about California is that as you drive along the coast, you never know what hidden beautiful enclaves you’ll come across. I was scoping the depths of Instagram when I came across the beachside…
How I cut my credit card bill in half: 4 Tips for Budgeting in the Bay Area
The major response I received when I first told people I was moving from Seattle to the Bay Area was “Do you know how expensive it is to live in the Bay?” (That’s also the same response I received when…
