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Attractions
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Lovers Point Park: A natural haven by Monterey Bay
(Jun 18, 2010)
Lovers Point Park: A natural haven by Monterey BayLovers Point Park is one of the crowning highlights of Pacific Grove, a place infused with natural beauty. Swimmers, surfers, kayakers, and divers all flock to the sandy beach at the edge of the 4.4-acre park for recreation in the Monterey Bay. The clear Pacific waters here are part of the nation’s largest marine sanctuary, where deep underwater canyons abound with kelp forests, fish, harbor seals, sea lions, and even blue whales.
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Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum: A step back to the age of kings and pharaohs
(Apr 18, 2010)
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum: A step back to the age of kings and pharaohsThere is nothing ordinary about the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, which boasts the largest collection of Ancient Egyptian artifacts in the Western U.S. It’s in a quiet residential neighborhood rather than a downtown location like most museums. The Egyptian Revival and Moorish architecture of the buildings and the Ancient Egyptian artifacts inside are exotic. Even the layout is unorthodox, with the museum sharing the city-block-sized grounds with gardens, a planetarium and a research library.
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The Tech Museum: A technology wonderland for all ages
(Apr 8, 2010)
The Tech Museum: A technology wonderland for all agesThe Tech Museum fits San Jose as snugly as the Louvre fits Paris. The Silicon Valley, after all, is the geographical heart of tech culture. And fortunately the museum’s curators have ensured that the exhibits are understandable to almost anyone.
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Monterey Bay Aquarium: The Carnegie Hall of oceanic life
(Apr 1, 2010)
Monterey Bay Aquarium: The Carnegie Hall of oceanic lifeCall it the Carnegie Hall or the Fenway Park of aquariums. After a day at the Monterey Bay Aquarium (MBA), the superlatives will gush from your lips as surely as the breakers that pour over you every 30 seconds in the Wave Crash Tunnel at this mega-aquarium. Some say it’s America’s best.
Breaking News
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Copter Crash on Highway 101
(Sep 4, 2010)
Copter Crash on Highway 101There was heavy fog on Highway 101 when a helicopter used to fumigate crops crashed on the southbound lane near Salinas Municipal Airport. Although the copter landed upside down, 62-year-old pilot Frank Gomes, Jr. escaped serious injury and no cars were hit, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Abercrombie & Fitch Sued
(Sep 2, 2010)
Abercrombie & Fitch SuedAbercrombie & Fitch are being sued by a federal agency.
Restaurants
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Ducey's on the Lake: A Yosemite-close dining jewel at Bass Lake
(Aug 23, 2010)
Ducey's on the Lake: A Yosemite-close dining jewel at Bass LakeAs one of few resorts that’s within a few miles of Yosemite, tourists flock to The Pines Resort at Bass Lake. But they often find themselves spending less time inside the world-famous national park than expected because it’s so hard to leave the lake. The lake and especially the resort’s restaurants—Ducey’s on the Lake and the Lakeside Grill—may not compare to Yosemite Falls or the Ahwahnee Dining Room, but they’re awfully nice.
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17th Street Grille: Best Burgers in Butterfly Town
(Jun 16, 2010)
17th Street Grille: Best Burgers in Butterfly TownLocated in “Butterfly Town, USA,” also known as Pacific Grove, the 17th Street Grille has numerous details highlighting the monarch butterfly, paying homage to the delicate creatures that migrate to the breeding sanctuary here each year. There’s a butterfly flag in the patio and butterflies painted on the dining room wall. Most people don’t come here for the décor, however, they come for the burgers, wraps and quesadillas, which the 17th Street Grille dubs as the “best in town.”
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The Grill on the Alley: Back to the good old days
(Apr 8, 2010)
The Grill on the Alley: Back to the good old daysThe Grill on the Alley is a step back, several generations back. It’s inside the modern Fairmont Hotel in the heart of resurgent downtown San Jose, but does a nice job of recapturing the food and the mood of the big-city dinner clubs and grills of the 1940s.
