Favorite Places in the Bay Area:
- Tilden Park:
- the Botanical Gardens
-
Lake Anza (walk to the other side of the lake and sit on a rock)
- The Little Farm (take the kids)
- Hikes in the Tilden Nature
Area that involve Wildcat Peak (e.g.,
from the Little Farm up to Wildcat Peak and back,
or longer ones that include the Pine Tree Trail)
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- The Rose Garden
- Random walks that head up from campus to Grizzly
Peak Blvd (north side); for example take La Loma Avenue
and then Glendale Avenue, to the Glendale Path...just keep
heading uphill...
- Stonewall Panoramic Trail and then whatever, starting
from the Claremont Hotel, and then continuing
to above Strawberry Canyon (and perhaps down into Berkeley)
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- Peets Coffee next to the Claremont Hotel on a weekend
(everyone brings their dogs)
- The Cheese Board pizza, scones, sourdough baguettes,
and of course their cheeses
- Oliveto (Oakland)
- Marin County hikes
- The Wine Country. Auberge du Soleil in Napa Valley is
great for lunch -
make sure you sit outside
- Muir Woods. But enter it from above, and hike down
into Muir Woods and then back up.
- Carmel by the Sea - go to the south end of the bay
(try to go when it's not busy)
- Point Lobos (try to go when it's not busy)