Maryann Jones Thompson

How to have the best oyster road trip just 50 miles from San Francisco

Food & Drink

Who needs Dungeness crab when we have local oysters all year? Here’s a guide to the perfect road trip near Marshall.


‘U-pick’ fruit near the Bay Area is ripe for the picking

Culture

‘Tis the season to DIY harvest cherries, peaches, apricots and a rainbow of berries fresh from farms near San Francisco.



Day-trip to these 5 undiscovered state parks near San Francisco

Offering every terrain from mountain tops to tide pools, the Bay Area has more than 40 state parks to explore.

Jeff Greenwald

Journeys: A day trip to the fascinating hodgepodge that is Mare Island

You might assume the former Navy base is just like San Francisco’s  Presidio. You’d be wrong.

Take a psychedelic trip in the city without taking drugs

Hidden away on a quiet residential street in San Francisco, the art installations and immersive experiences at the Gregangelo Museum have been opening minds since the 1980s.

Day Trips

How to have the best oyster road trip just 50 miles from San Francisco

‘U-pick’ fruit near the Bay Area is ripe for the picking

Day-trip to these 5 undiscovered state parks near San Francisco

Journeys: A day trip to the fascinating hodgepodge that is Mare Island

Take a psychedelic trip in the city without taking drugs