I was talking to a friend in Foster City, CA, who just spent a weekend in California's High Sierras and now claims to have diarrhea; feels bloated; has, on and off, chills; and has, since he's been back, vomited more than three time in the last twenty-four hours.
He said that the beauty of his trip was the swimming in ...
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 ...
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 ...
"Do you smell that?" "Yes, I do!" " We have a skunk in the area!"
It's the second time in three days "The Flower Of The Woods" have let us known that they are in Foster City, CA.
When the weather gets warm and animals roam for food, when an eye-bothering oder strikes your eyes--you can almost ...
"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 ...
In Foster City, California, throughout the years, the wild animal population was getting out of control: skunks, squirrels, raccoons, roof-rats, etc,--had a free rein in the city.
In the 1980s', roof-rats ran wild until they were cracked down on. Today, squirrels are running wild and they are being cracked down on: Foster City hired pest controllers to put blue, poison ...
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, ...
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 ...
