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Eagle Rock rocks
Not too long ago, the stretch of Colorado Boulevard that ran
through the Los Angeles neighborhood of Eagle Rock was, in the
words of resident Mary Tokita, just a place you drove on to get
from the Valley to Pasadena.
Now the boulevard and Eagle Rock itself are coming into their
own. For years,
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Chase the sun
The layers of fog off the coast of Fort Bragg amplify and diffuse the light from the setting sun, each becoming a luminous streak on the horizon. Ive driven 214 miles across California to arrive at this spot on Glass Beach.After hiking in the High Sierra, wine tasting in Nevada City, sipping a
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Journey through Death Valley
At Zabriskie Point in Death Valley National Park, my husband, Jim, and I are watching the world change colors. At this canyon overlook in the southeastern California desert, the striated rocks stretch in sculptural towers and eroded gullies off to the eastern horizon.With every passing moment,
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Panchos place
When Joan Kindle moved to the San Diego County town of
Carlsbad in 1985, she was more than a little curious about the
ranchland below her mesa-top home. When she learned the ranch once
belonged to Hollywood actor Leo Carrillo, curiosity led to
action.
Joan and her husband, Alan, began an 18-ye
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Winter escape to Mt. Hood
Full story: Hide away on Mt. HoodIf location means anything ― and for a destination ski town, its almost everything ― then the scenic enclave of Government Camp has always had it made.An hours drive east of Portland, at 4,000 feet elevation, its just inside the winter-long snow zone. Just six m
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Hooked on opera
For Perry Lorenzo, the world of opera is a way of life. He has seen thousands of live opera performances. He has witnessed all 16 hours of Wagners Ring Cycle 50 times.Even early in life, as a precocious teenager growing up in Seattle, Lorenzo sneaked into Seattle Opera rehearsals just to get hi
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Five great alfresco dining spots in Boulder
Chautauqua Dining Hall. Chautauquas wraparound veranda boasts gorgeous Flatiron views. Snag a porch seat and linger over the steamed Prince Edward Island mussels or grilled Colorado lamb at sunset. $$; breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily. 900 Baseline Rd.; 303/440-3776.The Foundry. Fresh-air afi
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The gentler coast
The elephant seals at Point Piedras Blancas arent couth.
They snort, bellow, and scratch, with little concern for the
niceties of society. They loll on the beach like couch-size couch
potatoes, periodically letting fly from massive lungs so strong
that their staccato belching noises can be hea
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Start in the Sierra
At the edge of the Bear River in the High Sierra, a hike through the landscape that drew thousands of Gold Rush miners is a good place to start. Brown needles underfoot give the Sierra Discovery Trail a spring, the air is scented by pines, and the river murmurs, sparkling and clear.
After gold
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Scenic Mother Lode
Creeping along in commute traffic, the glare of brake lights hot red, you can easily succumb to daydreams. If you breathe enough truck exhaust, it isnt hard at all to imagine the simple pleasure of winding along an empty two-lane ribbon of asphalt: The windows are down, the sun is warm on your
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It makes a village
The Padres Petco Park is at the heart of a sprawling
26-block redevelopment area adjacent to the citys well-known
Gaslamp Quarter. Parts of the ballpark district were once
roll-your-sleeves-up enterprises: produce warehouses, dry storage,
light manufacturing. Working artists loved the huge spa
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Wine and shine on Californias Sacramento Delta
An area better known for boat cruising and beer guzzling than swirling and sipping fine wine is gaining a new rep ― and Clarksburg, a small town 15 miles south of Sacramento, lies at the heart of it all.The minuscule appellation is growing in prominence, thanks to warm summer days, the cool Sac
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Riverfront parks and trails
Begin a visit to the Turtle Bay Exploration Park on the
south side of the river at the visitor center. The first thing you
notice is the
Monolith, an interpretive sculpture created by Seattle
environmental artist Buster Simpson from the ruins of the sites
original gravel plant. Catwalks take
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Listen to Japan
Before you even reach Fifth Street in San Joses Japantown, the sweet, mysterious sounds of chidori folk music echo over loudspeakers, drawing visitors to a local Buddhist temple.Visit this month, and youll see musicians and dancers in kimonos celebrate Obon, a summer festival held in honor of a
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Islands of delight
Normal, satisfied, well-balanced people visit the San Juan Islands all the time, but they dont usually decide to stay. If they do, its probably a mistake, and theyll have to pay a pile of cash to ferry their worldly goods back to the mainland a few months or years later. The San Juanderers who
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Explore Valle de Guadalupe Wine Country
The sky is dark, the kind of inky black that only exists without a single streetlight. We bounce down the washboard dirt road and, when it forks, turn toward our destination: the area’s best new restaurant. Or is it the other way? The road keeps twisting and branching off.My husband, Todd, grip
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Five great small
ASHLAND, ORFirst Friday Ashland Art Walk. With some 30 galleries, theres plenty to see. Visit April 23-24 for A Taste of Ashland; nibble fine foods and sip wine while you look ($27 per day). 5-8 p.m. Both events: www.atasteofashland.com or 877/752-6278.BEND, ORFirst Friday Gallery Walk & Ar
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Kodiak Island, Alaska
Two or more times a day, the Alitak Bay District setnetters head out in skiffs off Kodiak Island, Alaska, to check their nets for salmon.Its called picking fish: The nets ― some as long as 900 feet ― are strung like curtains from shore out into the water, attached to a rock on one end and an an
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In the pink
Like Japanese aristocrats of old, wise gardeners go on at least
one pilgrimage each spring to celebrate the flowering cherries.
From a distance, the blossoms look like pink clouds floating over
blushing pools of fallen petals. Up close, their fragrance is light
and ephemeral ― tonic for winter-
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Big bang
That white plume issuing from Mount St. Helenss crater: Is it a
sign of surrender? Hardly. It was 25 years ago the morning of May
18 that the once-dormant volcano erupted, radically altering the
surrounding landscape and its own profile. Since September 2004,
when a swarm of shallow earthquakes
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