Travel Betty

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!This past weekend, Travel Boyfriend and I went up to Auburn, CA to prospect for wedding locations (oh, how I make myself laugh). Why Auburn? Well, first of all, it’s charming and gorgeous and the weather is nice, and oh, [...]

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Sometimes you see a travel show and think, “Hmph, I should go there someday.” And then you turn your gaze back to the wart on your finger and will it to fall off, the show and its location quickly forgotten. Suffice it to say, that’s not the case with No Reservations. In fact, it’s so [...]

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My totally awesome 19 year old nephew was in town this past Labor Day weekend from North Carolina. To be honest, I didn’t know if he’d even want to come out to San Francisco. He’s a country boy and a home body and happy to be so, thanks. But when I offered up the trip [...]

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You know how in the movie Big with Tom Hanks, he (as a child) goes to that amusement park with the Old Lady Fortune Teller machine and when you saw that part, you were all like, “Man, why can’t I get to have a mysterious adventure like that?” Well, you can if you come to [...]

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The motto for this fine surf city is “Keep Santa Cruz Weird.” A quick stroll along Pacific Avenue finds that citizens (as well as transient characters) are more than happy to oblige. Other Betties blogging about Santa Cruz: Bastard of Art and Commerce Clearly Enlight Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz

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Pro: Free (for me) Con: Forced to purchase Carlos Mencia tickets in order for room to be free Pro: Hot tubs on deck!!! (I can’t stress enough how very pro this is) Con: $300/night for hot tubs on deck room for people who haven’t won raffle prize Pro: Beautiful drive up through wine country Con: [...]

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Freshly baked breads. Gourmet sandwiches made to order. Salami sliced with Artisanal cheese. Picnic baskets. $30 olive oils. Tasty and beautiful pastries. Wines, wines, and more wines. Fancy salt blends. Well-stocked olive bar. Coffees and sweet frozen treats like the Vanilla “Oak-accino.” This is the kind of place where they take one single Oreo cookie, [...]

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Let me set the stage: A month ago I attended a fundraising luncheon for a wonderful organization called the Bay Area Advertising Relief Committee (BAARC). They were holding a raffle and since I sit on their board of directors, I thought it would behoove me to buy a ticket or eight. And so I did. [...]

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I’m waiting for Travel Boyfriend’s Burmese coworker to tell us that it’s finally okay to go to visit the country of her birth. Once she does I’m immediately booking a ticket and fasting for a week so that I can consume as much of the country’s delicious food as possible. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like [...]

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This Travel Betty is not a camper. I don’t own a portable stove. I don’t contemplate purchases of dry shampoo. And although I’m fairly competent with a tent, you’ll never find me volunteering to pitch one. On the other hand, I actually am a nature lover. I just like my nature served with a hot [...]

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