Newly revised and updated, this guide provides comprehensive details on outdoor recreational opportunities, colorful history and diverse cultural attractions, over 100 national, state, and local parks, the city of San Francisco and all nine Bay area counties. It includes maps, listings of accommodations and public transportation.
Beach in Tomales Bay State Park off Sir Francis Drake Boulevard on Pierce Point Road ; ( 415 ) 669–1140 . Backed by a dramatic stand of firstgrowth Bishop pine , the wind - protected , easily accessible beach on the bay is the mildest ...
Julia Morgan : Architect S. he was a most unusual woman for her day . ... There were no architecture schools in California at the time , and the most prestigious school , L'Ecole des Beaux - Arts , in Paris , had never accepted women ...
Take a Heavenly Gondola ride to the summit of Tahoe Mountain for a nature hike and lunch. With this guide, you'll find enough variety to suit every budget and taste.
An introduction to the many factors which contribute to the unique weather of the San Francisco Bay region.
These poems are internal maps, "the mental maps that for humans," writes Robert Hass in the foreword, "make a place a place." Gathered together, they evoke the San Francisco Bay watershed, the place that inhabits us.
Jessica, while promoting her new book in San Francisco, visits a women's prison and afterwards find a diary slipped into her bag.
A Matter of Confidence
Written from an insider's perspective, the book offers honest reviews about what's really worth seeing in the City by the Bay.