
Heading North: Marin County and Wine Country
Marin County and Wine Country are the places to visit! A special bonus…you have the opportunity to cross the Golden Gate Bridge so be sure to bring your camera.

Carmel, the French Riviera of Northern California (Without the French)
I consider it the Riviera and what makes this one particularly nice is that there are no French! 🙂 With that said, you do hear a lot of French amongst many other languages as tourists flock here when traveling to this part of the West Coast. Carmel is hands down my most favorite area of Northern California.

Palo Alto, California (a day trip on the Peninsula)
Palo Alto, California. Home to Stanford University and many of the venture capital companies which fund some of the world’s finest start-up companies, some of which reside in the neighboring cities consisting of Silicon Valley.

I Didn’t Leave My Heart in San Francisco but I Did Lose Part of My Mind
Ok, so that may not sound so great as a title but in all fairness, when coming from a city like New York, it takes a bit of time and a lot of patience adjusting to the West Coast. Sometimes…