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…
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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…
Residents of Oakland Zoo
Planning a trip to Oakland Zoo? Or would you like to visit but don’t think you can? Here is a sneak peek at the Animals of Oakland Zoo, in Oakland, California.…
Oakland’s own little Africa
Oakland, CA has a little piece of Africa just off highway 580. If Oakland is closer to where you…
Postcard perfect: Seven Sisters or the Painted Ladies
Call them Seven Sisters or the Painted Ladies; these seven beautiful ladies add a dash of unequaled charm to the city called San Francisco. We all know that San Francisco cannot quite be separated…
A Chinatown Made in San Francisco
Crowded sidewalks. Big and small buildings supporting sloping decorative roofs with upturned corners. Storefronts overflowing with all kinds of merchandise. Streets lined with red and green lamp posts with figures of dragons…
Window shopping in Chinatown
Among the top attractions in San Francisco is a Chinatown, made right here is this city by the bay. Here are a few pictures from a walk or better still…
A railway ride into a Redwood forest
Train journeys from one town to another or one city to another; we’ve all done that. How about boarding a train to nowhere but the middle of a forest and…