The great blue heron is a symbol of good luck and prosperity. Lakes, on the other hand, connote peace and clarity of mind. Whenever we...

Summer in San Francisco showcases the beauty of our city’s official flower: the dahlias! Visitors often miss this area located next to...

One way to enjoy a visit to Santa Cruz is to stroll around the UCSC Arboretum ($10 to the non-affiliated). Their selection of succulents...

My daughter lives ten minutes away from us. So one day, I called her up and asked if she can have dinner with me after work. We bundled...

Gardening in Northern California can be quite a challenge for someone like me who grew up in the tropics. I expect my blooms to be a...

During the pandemic, slightly claustrophobic and stuck in a thousand square-foot house in the city, I gazed out at unsightly weeds and...

My children, born and bred in San Francisco, grew up eating Chinese food and could generally identify what food comes from which Chinese...

Every month or so, we try to troll for much-needed Asian food in the inner Richmond. We would eventually get our fill and stroll lazily...

Cha-cha-cha has always been my family‘s favorite dining destination since we have discovered Cuban food as a very unique and delectable...

When I first came to San Francisco, I lived in a tiny room off of Lake Street in a crumbling Victorian house. It was inhabited mostly by...

"...That all life is a dream to all And that dreams themselves are a dream." Eight years ago, my daughter and I visited Spain to...

Walking on Valencia Street, still wary of the surge, we noticed a jazz trio band playing inside the largish, well-ventilated outdoor tent...

Veritas nunquam perit. And this is the truth: that among those who love to eat out and choose Italian pasta as their choice of...

Whenever we visit Santa Cruz, we immediately head to Verve, a cafe with multiple locations all over California. This particular one, on...

When I think of a flower-oriented destination, I think of vibrant, multicolored blooms and orchids inside a market just like the ones...

Laili, a Mediterranean-Afghan restaurant on Cooper St. in Santa Cruz, combines "a delicate balance between age-old Silk Road flavors and...

One of the best lunch destinations I have ever been recently, after a breezy, six-mile walk along Crissy Field, was a trip to La...