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If it is April and you find yourself in Oregon or Washington — remember it is time for Tulips — you might want to treat yourself to this gorgeous sight: Some Tulip events you could check out:Skagit Tulip Festival, WashingtonWoodland Tulip Festival, WashingtonWooden Shoe Tulip Fest, Oregon Next post...
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Pumpkins!! What's your favorite sight at pumpkin patches?...
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Less than an hour’s drive from the Capital of Silicon Valley* is the Garlic Capital of the World – Gilroy. Gilroy and garlic are almost synonymous. Gilroy, California is known for its garlic cultivation, garlic processing and its famous Garlic Festival that takes place in the summer. ...
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Another Fourth of July came and went. This time we put the (US) national holiday to good use by attending a traditional Fourth of July Parade. We looked up the events happening in the South Bay (area) and narrowed it down to the one in San Jose (CA) conducted...
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With Dragons, Lion Dances and traditional Chinese song-and-dance, Chinese New Year parades happen everywhere. The largest one outside China happens to be a few miles from where I currently live. Cosmopolitan San Francisco boasts of being home to the biggest Chinese community outside China (Read – A Chinatown Made...
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I had never been to a Lunar New Year celebration, so when I heard Kristen Sze of ABC7 Morning News talk about the event in Redwood City, CA, I jumped at the idea. So that weekend, there we were — at Redwood City. The Lunar New Year celebration was...
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Imagine driving through a park that is fully dressed up for Christmas, not just with little lights around its trunks and on its branches but also a whole lot of figures made of little bulbs, making the park itself a fantasy of lights. Vasona Park in Los Gatos turns...
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In an earlier post about Happy Hollow Park and Zoo I had sworn that the name was appropriate for this place; with all its reds, yellows, oranges and greens, and lots of children, Happy Hollow Park really is a `happy’ place. Last Sunday, the park was a little more...
If it is April and you find yourself in Oregon or Washington — remember it is time for Tulips — you might want to treat yourself to this gorgeous sight: Some Tulip events you could check out:Skagit Tulip Festival, WashingtonWoodland Tulip Festival, WashingtonWooden Shoe Tulip Fest, Oregon Next post...
Pumpkins!! What's your favorite sight at pumpkin patches?...
Less than an hour’s drive from the Capital of Silicon Valley* is the Garlic Capital of the World – Gilroy. Gilroy and garlic are almost synonymous. Gilroy, California is known for its garlic cultivation, garlic processing and its famous Garlic Festival that takes place in the summer. ...
Another Fourth of July came and went. This time we put the (US) national holiday to good use by attending a traditional Fourth of July Parade. We looked up the events happening in the South Bay (area) and narrowed it down to the one in San Jose (CA) conducted...
With Dragons, Lion Dances and traditional Chinese song-and-dance, Chinese New Year parades happen everywhere. The largest one outside China happens to be a few miles from where I currently live. Cosmopolitan San Francisco boasts of being home to the biggest Chinese community outside China (Read – A Chinatown Made...
I had never been to a Lunar New Year celebration, so when I heard Kristen Sze of ABC7 Morning News talk about the event in Redwood City, CA, I jumped at the idea. So that weekend, there we were — at Redwood City. The Lunar New Year celebration was...
Imagine driving through a park that is fully dressed up for Christmas, not just with little lights around its trunks and on its branches but also a whole lot of figures made of little bulbs, making the park itself a fantasy of lights. Vasona Park in Los Gatos turns...
In an earlier post about Happy Hollow Park and Zoo I had sworn that the name was appropriate for this place; with all its reds, yellows, oranges and greens, and lots of children, Happy Hollow Park really is a `happy’ place. Last Sunday, the park was a little more...
Christmas isn’t until another six months but there’s a place in Solvang in California where it is Christmas all year round. Be it February or August, there’ll be Christmas...
Fields of Poppies -- A feast for human eyes. (Pictures from the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn, Oregon.)...
For a few years now, Circus Circus Reno has been organizing an art event giving mural artists an opportunity to put up their works on the walls of the...
In these parts, October means ‘Fall colour,’ Pumpkin patches and Halloween. And pumpkin patches mean ‘many, many pumpkins,’ corn mazes and hayrides. That was why I insisted on not...