Every time I travel back home, I have a bucket list of things to do when I am there. This is totally normal, right? Everybody makes lists like this. Since this is my hometown I am visiting, my list includes nothing much out of ordinary, nostalgic things (these are by...
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The last few days of my parents’ visit flew by fast. On Thursday (10/13), we had a late breakfast and my Dad decided to try out another golf course in the afternoon. My Mom and I decided to drive to Davis. We walked around, checked out some shops and I...
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Wednesday (10/12) we skipped the hotel breakfast, because we had bigger and better plans: brunch at the Fremont Diner in Sonoma. If you have been reading for a while, you know that this place is near and dear to my heart (and to everybody that I haven taken there so...
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The next morning, I got up early to take advantage of the chance to run at the beach (and also to not completely fall of the workout-bandwagon while on vacation). I got 5 miles in and really deserved the breakfast at ‘Breakers’, especially after the coastal up-and-down path that I...
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Monday through Wednesday (10/10 – 10/12) was the only time we took an overnight trip while my parents were here. My parents had seen much of the Californian Coast already save for the stretch north of Fort Ross and the stretch between Santa Cruz and San Francisco. So, we decided...
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On Saturday (10/8), we took a spontaneous trip up to Lake Tahoe. We had been to South Lake Tahoe before, so we decided to pay North Lake Tahoe a visit this time. The weather was gorgeous and the drive was pleasant. We made a stop at Donner Pass to enjoy...
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On Thursday (10/6), we had some time to kill in the morning and headed to the historic downtown area in Folsom. Can you imagine that I had never been there? It’s such a cute, historic main street though. We walked around a bit and had a drink at a small...
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October, 3 was my Mom’s birthday and I was so happy to be able to celebrate with her. I baked a birthday cake for her (every birthday kid deserves a birthday cake!) and we surprised her (and belatedly my Dad) with tickets to the Paul McCartney concert at our newly...
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