When You Silence the Mind, the Soul Can Speak
It was nice to sit on a bench at 1,300 feet above sea level—reminding myself why I came to the Hermitage in Big Sur in the first place...
Big SurA collection of 5 posts
Big Sur: Beauty and Bliss in My Own Backyard
The world is filled with startlingly lovely places; I’m grateful one is just 90 minutes away...
Your Winter Guide to Northern California Vacations
It’s winter in California, meaning the once-golden hills are now a pleasant green; the night arrives agonizingly early; and the stream of traffic between Tahoe and the Bay Area is pretty much continuous....
Help Big Sur’s Magical Music Venue Stick Around
There’s only one place you can see great bands like Arcade Fire, The Flaming Lips, TV on the Radio, Fleet Foxes, and Beach House under a cluster of Big Sur redwoods with only a few hundred other people....
Where to Go in Big Sur
Big Sur has been my happy place since my college days, when I would drive down Highway 1 from Santa Cruz to soak up all the hippie nature stuff there night baths at Esalen, backpacking trips to Sykes Hot Springs....