I go to Expo West for my soap business, Tikvah Organics but, for the past several years, Michael and Miriam have joined me and we turn it into a vacation. Miriam charms exhibitors by asking for seconds of foods like pickled herring, I make business contacts and get to stuff myself silly with the […]
Entries Tagged as 'Travel'
Natural Products Expo West - March 2008
April 17th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Categories: Indoor Locations · Location Reviews · Recipes · Travel
Tags: · MCS, orange county, photos-family, photos-misc
Foodlab Gathering: Los Angeles, CA, 3/17/08
April 1st, 2008 · 6 Comments
Foodlab is an internet mailing list for sharing recipes, tips, support and more while discovering and living with food allergies/intolerances. Monica started the list a couple of years ago, after realizing that off-topic discussions of food allergies were starting to take over a parenting list. Most of the folks on Foodlab (the active posters anyway) […]
Categories: Food · Food Commentary · Meals & Events · Travel
Tags: · asian food, dairy-free, egg-free, fermented foods, gluten-free, latin food, los angeles, lowcarb, photos-family, photos-food, photos-misc, raw food, seafood, vegan, vegetarian
San Francisco Bay Area to Los Angeles along Highway 101
March 28th, 2008 · No Comments
There are basically two ways to drive between the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles or San Diego: 101 or 5. I took I-5 for years, and it is the fastest route, but it goes through hours of agricultural areas and just isn’t safe for me anymore. Add in a 3 year old who […]
Categories: Location Reviews · Outdoor Locations · Travel
Tags: · MCS, photos-family, photos-misc
San Francisco to Petaluma in only 13 hours!
January 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Wow, great time, Cyndi. Umm…wait a minute…aren’t those two cities only 35 miles apart?
That’s right, an hour drive turned into a 13 hour trip. Despite the nasty weather, Miriam and I drove to San Francisco yesterday around noon. The rain was pounding and visibility was pretty awful, so we drove slowly. Plus a piece […]
Categories: Travel · Weather
Tags: · marin county, petaluma, san francisco, sonoma county