If you read the title of this article, you may be rightfully wondering “what on Earth is a visit from the fay”? My friend and I began using this phrase to describe the random encounters you have with random people that fundamentally change your life. It may even seem as though fate put them right […]
The California Zephyr is a 2,438 mile route spanning from Emeryville, California (just outside of San Francisco and Oakland) to Chicago, Illinois. Over the course of 3 days, the train will travel through Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California. You will wind through the Sierra Nevada, cross the Mississippi River, and pass through […]
After living in a city for 2-3 years, as I lived in San Francisco, you’ll find your “haunts”. Places you can eat time and time again and always emerge satisfied. And from those “haunts”, you can compile – in your opinion – a list of the very best San Francisco food. For some context: I […]
Ahhh San Francisco. The place where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars and the morning fog chills the air. (The morning fog also happens to be named Karl, and he has an Instagram). San Francisco is home to many neighborhoods, each with their own unique offerings, history, charm, and – in some instances […]
Bucket List #4: Ride a cable car in San Francisco If you are traveling to San Francisco, then there is no doubt that you have already heard of the city’s iconic red and gold cable cars. Perhaps you recall Tony Bennet musing about the “little cable cars climbing halfway to the stars”. Or maybe, you […]
Bucket list #3: Biking the Golden Gate Bridge The first time I biked over the Golden Gate Bridge, I was blissfully unprepared for the absolute a$$ kicking that was in store. The second time I biked the bridge, I was hooked. As I sit here nearly five years after moving away from San Francisco, I […]
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