Found in Reno: Multi-story parking-garage murals

Reno and street art just cannot be separated from each other. The art on the street are not much talked about. At least not as much as the casinos and…

Splashes of fall-color at Hakone Gardens

Visit a Japanese Garden once and you’ve visited them all. But there’s no getting tired of them. The look of a Japanese Garden and the feeling that takes over you…

Art attack on a utility box in Reno

As I was putting together the post on the utility box art that I came across in Reno, NV. I couldn’t bring myself to put up the pictures of this…

Saratoga Village in all its fall colors

When it’s ‘fall’ and you are in the San Francisco Bay Area, you see some yellow on a tree here and red on another, there. If you are looking for more…

Down by the bay: Berkeley Marina

There are several places by the San Francisco Bay where one can stroll around and enjoy the panoramic views of the bay. Today let me take you on a trip…

Muir Woods – A redwood forest just outside San Francisco

“Muir Woods National Monument is the best tree-lovers monument that could possibly be found in the forests of the world,” said the famous naturalist John Muir, about the 500-odd acres…

Found in Reno: Utility-box art

Walk around Reno, NV and you will see so much street art. While most of Reno’s public paintings are on its walls, there’s no way we can miss the ‘Biggest…

Dreamy Damsels, graffiti-style

Between the spotting of the Daydream mural from our hotel room in Reno and seeing it from street level, we were exploring Circus Circus (Hotel and Casino). While we were…

Capitol Lake in Olympia

A few weeks back we had a sneak peek at the Washington State Capitol in Olympia, WA, here on Tipsy from the TRIP. Now, let us see the lake that…

Daydream in Reno

Earlier this year, we spend a few days in Reno, Nevada. While we were there, we stayed in Circus Circus in the city. When I looked out the window of…