France

Paris Pantheon – Josephine Baker. Musee d’Orsay. Eiffel Tower. Trip Advisor on beating the summer crowds. Seine river tour.

Ottoman Empire

Includes modern-day Turkey, Syria, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria, Crete, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Ethiopia, Romania, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Crimea, Qatar, and Serbia. Salt Jordan Also called Al-Salt or Saltus, in west-central Jordan. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2021. Backpack Adventures CS Monitor Tripadvisor Constantinople Aka Istanbul.

Venice Italy

Tours Uniworld Milan to Istanbul, including 7-day Po River cruise (start and end in Venice) and 6-day private train Venice to Istanbul. Venice Carnival Venice Carnival in 2022 runs February 12 through March 1. The last weekend of Carnival, Fat Thursday to Shrove Tuesday, is the busiest and best time to attend. Carnivaland. Tripadvisor. Artisanal…

Yosemite

Three days in John Muir’s footsteps in Yosemite. Yosemite through three lenses at the Society of California Pioneers, 2023 February – June. Horsetail Fall firefall in February at sunset in the right conditions. Get entrance reservations in advance. Yosemite Firefall Express shuttles daytrippers into Yosemite to view the firefall without reservations (but a $100 shuttle…

DC Sightseeing

Start at Union StationLibrary of Congress 8:30am – 4:30pm Tu – Sa https://www.loc.gov/visit/Renwick Gallery 10am – 5:30pm daily https://americanart.si.edu/visit/renwickNational Gallery of Art 10am – 5pm M – Sa 11am – 6pm Su https://www.nga.gov/visit.htmlPostal Museum 10am – 5:30pm https://postalmuseum.si.edu/visit/index.html Louisiana & D St NW; X1 bus Foggy Bottom Station, 9 stops, Constitution Ave NW & 12th…

SoCal Travel

Disney’s El Capitan Theatre. Parking at 1755 N Highland Ave, Hollywood. Historical Guided Tour, $20, 45 minutes, Fridays through Sundays, advanced reservation only. California Science Center. Los Angeles Conservancy walking tours, in-person, self-guided, and virtual. California Migration Museum self-guided audio walking tour of migrant history in Downtown LA (Olivera Street). Garment District. Banana Republic Factory…

Redwood City Dining

Go Fish Poke Bar Green Leaf Asian Curry Wrapper’s Delight Bravo Taqueria Broadway Masala Oh Baby Sushi Squeeze In Ike’s Lair of Redwood City I Dumpling Zadna Restaurant Vesta San Carlos Sirayvah Organic Thai Panda Dumpling The Toss Kamakshi’s Kitchen Kabul Afghan Cuisine Asya Rangoon Ruby Belmont Falafelle  

Janet Delaney: South of Market at the de Young

2015/07/16 MHG and PEG visit to the de Young Museum in San Francisco to view the Janet Delaney: South of Market exhibit (catalogue). January 17, 2015 – July 19, 2015. From the de Young’s web site description of the catalogue: “South of Market is a photographic portrait of a San Francisco neighborhood in the throes…