A horse haven on the Santa Cruz Mountains
I was there for the wine but it was the locale and the handsome riding horses at Cooper-Garrod that gave me a high that day. This ranch near Saratoga owned…
Wine tasting at Cooper Garrod
If there’s no wine at home, it only means one thing — its time to head to a winery! And a little wine tasting would do no harm. Why…
Exotic animals at Happy Hollow
Do you know what this animal is? That is a Capybara. And would you believe it if I said that this creature is a rodent? Well, that is exactly what…
San Jose’s Happy Land
Happy Hollow Park and Zoo in San Jose has opened its gates again and it is a riot of colours: there’s orange and yellow and green and red all over.…
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…
A Garden of Sculptures in San Francisco
Did you know: There’s a Sculpture Garden in San Francisco’s De Young Museum? If you haven’t visited, yet, De Young Museum is situated in Golden Gate Park not very far…
A crocodile that ate dinosaurs?
Have you heard of a crocodile that preyed on dinosaurs? I don’t think I had, until I saw a cast of a fossil* at the Oakland Zoo. Called the SuperCroc —…
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…