Framed – Half Moon Bay and Francis Beach

It was only a few weeks ago that we had chosen to drive to Half Moon Bay in San Mateo County. When we got there, we thought it might not…

The Hamilton drive

We’ve been living in the SF Bay Area for almost three years now, yet I don’t know why we never really thought of going up Mount Hamilton although we had…

Lick, through my lens

If you have been in San Jose, CA or around there and have carefully looked at the skyline, you just might have seen a white dome on one of the…

Crossing borders

It was a day of crossing borders. Imagine going from California to Nevada, Nevada to California and back before going into California from Nevada one more time, all this in…

A shot from Sausalito

Pruned to Perfection and all set for Spring

This pruned garden is not just any rose garden. It was only a few years ago that this rose garden in San Jose was under AARS* probation. In 2007, however…

San Jose Rose Garden; more than just roses

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A sky-ride safari at Oakland

Oakland Zoo has been shifted from one place to another since the time it first opened. Now settled in Knowland Park, this zoo has its animals in 45 acres of…

Jain Temple: History in stone

 A few kilometres away from Panamaram in Wayanad — on the Punchavayal-Neervaram route, to be more precise — lies this stone structure that stands testimony to Wayanad’s long standing relationship with Jainism. It…

A sneak peek at Singapore

On my recent trip to India and back, I got to see a little bit of Singapore, thanks to the stopovers at the Island Country at the tip of the…