Foster City, California, has one the best libraries in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is located on Hillsdale Blvd., which is the main thoroughfare through Foster City. Since I had some free time, I went browsing for interesting reading about Northern California and the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
I came across this bit of information that I thought was interesting about the Sierra Nevada ...
The other day my wife said to me, "We haven't had Chines food for a long time--let's have it tonight?" I looked at her, thinking, I don't like Chinese food because what happened in Berkeley, California, before we got married.
On a Saturday night(1976) we went to Berkeley, California, to meet friends and to have dinner; we ...
While traveling through the Sierra Foothills, I came across a small restaurant called the Miner's Shack, which served the best omelets that I have ever tasted--as a matter of fact, I hate omelets, until I had one from the Miner's Shack.
This small restaurant is located in Sonora, California, which is on Highway 49, about one hundred thirty-six miles from Foster City. I got in Sonora about six a.m. and ...
The Bay Area has many fascinating places to visit--if you know where to find them. My wife and I found one place that we didn't know existed.
Because we were staying home, Foster City, CA, on weekends, we didn't have any place to go or anything to do except to travel to San Francisco and see the same sites that ...
One morning, while waiting for Foster City's Audubon Elementary School's kindergarden class to open, for my granddaughter, I saw in a local newspaper, Foster City Islander, the title "Big Oak Flat Road Into Yosemite." I read the small advertisement and started to remember the trips I took on the road as a teenager.
I never knew the history of the road, ...
My wife and I, several years ago, decided to take our daughter(5-years old) to Yosemite: we always would go Highway 120, it's a more scenic route. We left Foster City about 5 a.m. and arrived in the park around 10 a.m., we made several stops on the way.
We heard about bald eagles, but have never seen one in ...
Summer is here when the temperature in Foster City, California, hit 90-plus. In other areas of the state, the temperatures are even higher. So, everyone trys to cool off--I mean everyone, the animals too.
Don't be surprised to find in your swimming pool an uninvited guest. It could be Yogi Bear; the flower of the woods, a skunk; or a ...
Have you ever wondered what to tip a person when you are on a trip? If a bellboy helps you take your clothes into your room, what do you tip him or her? When you are at a restaurant, what do you tip if you got good service or bad service? In otherwords, what is the going rate for tipping? ...
One night, after dinner, in Foster City, CA, we got a call from friends in Tennessee that they will be in the San Francisco Bay Area with their children--13 t0 15 years-old. "Is there a way that they could see living history of the California coast?" the mother asked. Discussing this with my wife, we decided to take them to Fort Ross, in Northern California, ...
In Foster City, California, there are many newspapers, here are three of the oldest ones that are well known in the area: The San Francisco Chronicle, Examiner, and the Foster City Islander.
One paper covers the Bay Area and and many areas of Northern California: the other papers cover several local communities, which encludes Foster City and the surrounding area.
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