Food•Sports•Travel
Look over my shoulder as I travel across America on the trip of a lifetime. I review the hotels I stay at, the restaurants I eat at, the flights I take, the trains I ride, and the things I do.
Napa Valley is 67 miles north of San Francisco, and it takes about 90 minutes to get there by car. If you can't drive, the easiest was to go is by Urber. The cheapest and most fun way to go is taking the ferry to Vallejo, going the rest of the way by Vine Transit.
Limewood Bar and Restaurant is the main dining room at the Claremont Club & Spa, an iconic landmark on the Oakland/Berkeley border. The menu is short but sweet. The food is innovative. And you can't beat the amazing view of San Francisco and the Golden Gate!
Hilton Concord is a four star hotel in Concord, California. The hotel has a lobby bar, a restaurant, an outdoor swimming pool. and a fitness room. Across the street from two shopping malls, it offers free shuttle service within a three-mile radius, including the Concord BART Station.
CREAM Concord is an ice cream parlor scooping up decadent desserts. And the focus is on ice cream sandwiches made to order. You choose your base, ice cream, and topping. And then make it then and there. A short walk from Todos Santos Square in downtown Concord.
The Hop Grenade Taproom and Bottle Shop is a craft beer tap room overlooking Todos Santos Plaza in downtown Concord, California. It pours 20 plus beers on tap and serves a variety of gourmet bites. It is open for lunch and dinner and remains open until late evening.
Beer Baron Pleasonton
Faz Restaurant and Bar is the dining room at the Four Points by Sheraton Pleasanton in Southern Alameda County in the San Francisco Bay Area. The eatery has a Mediterranean inspired menu. Also: sandwiches, pasta, pizza, roasted kabobs, grilled meats, and fish.
Sitting at the heart of Silicon Valley, downtown Mountain View is a pedestrian friendly district full of eateries, drinking holes, and boutiques. Check out where to eat, where to drink, where to shop, and what to do in this detailed Mountain View restaurant crawl!
An accomplished baker shares his recipe for traditional English mincemeat pie based on a variety recipes from vintage cookbooks, which have been perfected over the years. It was inspired by his love of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
About Me Hi! My name is Michael Taylor, I live in Hong Kong, and I'm a self-described Accidental Travel Writer. I'm a life-long aviation buff, a helpless foodie, a committed oenophile, and an enthusiastic swimmer, cyclist, and Muay Thai practitioner. How did I become a travel writer? It wasn't a planned career move. It …