Irvine Spectrum

71 Fortune Drive Irvine, CA 92618 Map of Irvine Spectrum Irvine Spectrum Information   Photos – Irvine Spectrum Photos Irvine Spectrum is a great place for family. Great place for shopping, dining & fun. A place for all ages.   Irvine Spectrum Center features a unique carousel with antique-design READ MORE...

Take a Sandy Stroll on Butterfly Beach

1601 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Phone: (805) 966-9222 http://www.santabarbaraca.com This Santa Barbara gem is a tucked away, half-mile cusp of sand fronting the Four Seasons Biltmore . You’ll find good swimming—waves are generally small—and, at low tide, stellar strolling. When the tide is READ MORE...

Steinbeck Country

1 Main St Salinas, CA 93901-3436 Phone: (831) 775-4721 http://www.steinbeck.org Savor Monterey’s Steinbeck Country. Start at the National Steinbeck Center , in Oldtown Salinas , where the era and works of author John Steinbeck come to life in artifacts, exhibits, and clips from Steinbeck films. READ MORE...

San Luis Obispo Farmer’s Market

736 Higuera St San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3513 Phone: (805) 541-0286 Print E-mail San Luis Obispo has kept its hometown feel, and every Thursday evening the best of hometown flair is on display in a six-block downtown market that features not only fresh produce, but READ MORE...

Santa Barbara's Historic Downtown

1601 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Phone: (805) 966-9222 http://www.santabarbaraca.com Print E-mail Do a little retail therapy in Santa Barbara’s historic downtown . If you like cobblestone, bubbling fountains, towering palms, cascading bougainvillea, historic buildings and fresh sea breezes, you will love downtown Santa READ MORE...

Shop Your Way Through Palm Desert

72-567 Hwy. 111 Palm Desert, CA 92260 Phone: (800) 873-2428 http://www.palm-desert.org Palm Desert , about 13 miles southeast of Palm Springs, was once best known for its El Paseo Shopping District , a mile-long street that locals had dubbed “the Rodeo Drive of the desert.” READ MORE...

Ontario Mills Mall

1 Mills Cir Ontario, CA 91764-5207 Phone: (909) 484-8301 http://www.ontariomillsmall.com Print E-mail It’s the largest one-story mall west of the Mississippi. How big? So big that announcements once played at each entrance to alert shoppers as to which one they were passing through. Today’s shoppers READ MORE...

Big Bear Lake and Lake Arrowhead

630 Bartlett Road Big Bear Lake, CA 92315 Phone: (800) 424-4232 http://www.bigbear.com/campingrvparks.phpChill out at Big Bear and Lake Arrowhead. These two deep-blue lakes lie close to each other in the San Bernardino mountains and have long been favorite year-round alpine playgrounds. Snow ski, sled, and READ MORE...

Kaleidoscope Culture of Haight Street

1500 Haight St San Francisco, CA 94117-2913 http://www.sfgate.com/traveler/guide/sf/neighborhoods/haight.shtml Print E-mail Cultural color gets no brighter than on San Francisco’s historical Haight Street. Among the music stores, smoke shops, used clothing outlets, restaurants, and street singers, there are several spots that stand out as must-sees. Genesis READ MORE...

Museum of the African Diaspora

685 Mission Street (at Third) San Francisco, CA 94105 Phone: (415) 358-7200 http://www.moadsf.org/ Visit San Francisco’s Museum of the African Diaspora , or MoAD, and the first thing you’ll encounter is a striking three-story glass wall through which you can see the image of a READ MORE...