When you travel, be aware of taxes, landscaping, housekeeping, tipping, bar-restocking, resort-fees, delivery services, energy-charge, destination and marketing-fees. These, can be some of the hidden fees that will increase your hotel/motel bill from a reasonable bill a night by fifty percent or more. Is this fare to the traveler? Many people who travel on vacations, during the summer, go on a specific amount and can't ...
I was on my way from Foster City, CA, to San Francisco, when I decided to stop on Third Ave. where kiteboarding--you ride a surf-board and fly a kite, the kite pulls you across the water--takes place.
After making a right turn off Third Ave., another right, I came across the parking lot, which was full. A car came out: I ...
The other day in a restaurant, in Foster City, CA, I was watching a chef using his knife to carve different kinds of food: tomatoes, carrots, celery, meats, etc. He was using his knife very carefully; that is, not to damage it and not to cut himself.
I saw that he was slicing a tomato and each slice was like the ...
So, where are you and the family going to spend your summer vacation?
There are many places to go to in Northern California: the beach, the mountains, or the city. From Foster City, you can take a short ride to the beach, forty-five minutes; to the Sierras, about two and half-hours; or a city, thirty minutes.
Because ...
The weekend of May 30th, to the 1st of June, is a good time, if you can, to visit Foster City, CA. Every year around this time Foster City celebrates it Annual Arts and Wine Festival.
Several days earlier a carnival comes into town and sets up its rides, so the local safety-agencies can make sure everything is safe. Discount ...
"The mayor of San Francisco should be kicked out of office for what he's done! " An irritated McDonald's customer said, in a group of people waiting for their food, who just came back to Foster City from going to see the Olympic Torch. "People came from throughout the state," he continued," and other states just to see the torch, and then he changes the ...
Pink blossoms from fruit trees are falling; fields are green; nights are cold; animals are roaming with their young for food; some rain some snow--are these signs that summer has arrived?
As I said in an earlier article, "We would have rain in December, January, February, and one or two storms in March." So far, as far as I can see, ...
The other day, when I was at Mc Donalds in Foster City, CA, I met a friend and he gave me a list of ways for me to find out if I was getting older.
After reading them--and thinking about them--I felt that I was getting older. Since I felt that way, I was wondering if you feel the same ...
When we heard that there were several feet of snow in the Sierras, we left Foster City, California, and drove for three hours to go cross-country skiing above Pinecrest, California.
When we were putting on our cross-country ski boots, it started to snow lightly: small flakes twirling around like they had no place to go. By the time we were ...
The rains came, the winds came, the flooding came, and the snow came--all of these things were expected in the first storm of California's winter season. The next big storm should start adding water to California's natural dam: the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Snow should start falling in the Sierras which will freeze to form the California's snow pack. This is important ...
