Add stuffing strawberries into your mouth to the list of things to do in Monterey. August 1-3 2008 is one big strawberryfest, at Ramsay Park in Watsonville CA, for the 14th Annual Monterey Bay Strawberry Festival (www.mbsf.com/). Photo copyrights - MBSF Productions
Sandwiched between strawberry eating competitions are 3 fun filled carnival days of contests, art and crafts […]
Posted on July 30th, 2008 by Thomas
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The Princeton Review’s annual college rankings in the 2009 edition of their ‘Best 368 Colleges’ includes the list of 20 top party schools in the nation. The University of Florida in Gainesville tops the list, and the only school in California to make the cut is UCSB (University of California Santa Barbara), which comes in at No.9 […]
Posted on July 29th, 2008 by Thomas
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San Francisco Bay came alive over the weekend with ghosts of ships from yesteryear, coughing puffs of smoke simulating cannon fire and doing mock battle. The Festival of Sail, which wrapped up on Sunday, saw the Embarcadero overflowing with tourists and residents eager to enjoy the festivities and get a good look at the docked ships and the ones […]
Posted on July 28th, 2008 by Thomas
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X-files and Scully are here again, and a UFO is floating above Central Park, NYC. Maybe a wee bit of an exaggeration. The round thingy floating 30 stories above Central Park in New York City is a baloon, the City’s latest gimmick to keep New Yorkers happy and the tourist dollars flowing in. The baloon rides are […]
Posted on July 27th, 2008 by Thomas
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Usually, I’m quite happy that the Golden State is at the forefront, blazing trails for the rest of the nation and the world to follow, on things like stem cell research and alternative enregy and global warming. But when they hit you where it hurts, in the stomach, well… it hurts. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has […]
Posted on July 26th, 2008 by Thomas
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All the world’s in San Diego for Comic-Con 2008, and its utter chaos at the Convention center. San Diego hotels are overflowing, there’s no parking space, and the streets around the Convention Center and the Ballpark look like one big party zone.
Comic-Con started on Thursday and continues on until late night Sunday. You still have time to get in […]
Posted on July 25th, 2008 by Thomas
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Florida may have the best beach in the nation in Caladesi Island, and it has South Beach and Disney World and and all sorts of enticements for visitors, residents and tourists alike. Miami vacations are selling like hot cakes. Orlando hotels are packed to the rafters with family travelers. But the one things Florida apparently does not have is […]
Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by Thomas
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Museums are supposed to be old, in every sense. I mean, most Museums you can name have been around since before you were born, and the stuff inside most Museums is likely older than my great, great grandpa (Yeah, he was a great guy..). Which is why its kind of a big deal when more than one […]
Posted on July 22nd, 2008 by Thomas
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Bored of the usual San Francisco vacations and beaches and stuff? Don your tinfoil hats and bring out your unsolved mystery guidebooks, because we are about to embark on a journey to discover the presence of Bigfoot in California. California, it seems, is No. 2 on the list of Bigfoot sightings, behind Washington. But before that, […]
Posted on July 21st, 2008 by Thomas
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As the ‘Glow’ at the Santa Monica Pier fades (along with the hangover …), I thought it might be a good idea to list out some of the other major festivals and fairs across California, so you can do your trip planning around the festivals.
For instance, if let’s say you have a soft spot for Sacramento […]
Posted on July 20th, 2008 by Thomas
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