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Lisa Alpine is a 4th generation San Franciscan. She is a professional travel writer and teacher, been the travel columnist for Pacific Sun, published a newspaper, owned a South American import company, crafted numerous anthology adventure essays, and is authoring her next book, Exotic Life: Laughing Rivers, Dancing Drums, & Tangled Hearts. Member of Wild Writing Women & Bay Area Travel Writers. Check her out: www.LisaAlpine.com & www.DanceInMarin.com.

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Best burrito in the heat of Williams, California

Friday, October 30th, 2009 · 1 comment

I've been driving north and south on Interstate 5 since it's asphalt was laid down in the 1960's. It runs the length of California from the Oregon...
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Fiji: a diver's blue heaven

George Harrison sagely said, "There is not a place worth going that you can only reach in one flight." It took three planes to get to the...
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Part 3: Crom Castle hideaway in Northern Ireland

“There is no place that conjures up in my mind more Irish romance than the wide and fair domains of Crom.” John Ynyr Burges of County...
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Part 2: Cosseted at Crom Castle in Northern Ireland

From Dublin we drove a few hours and crossed into Northern Ireland, all the while avoiding the tendency to veer over to the right side of the road....
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Part 1: A royal stay at Crom Castle in Northern Ireland

Guess who’d been sleeping in one of the Wild Writing Women’s beds? No, not Goldie Locks… Our hosts at Crom Castle in Northern...
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Damanhur: where spirtuality and art meet on retreat in Italy

Rejuvenation can be found at the Federation of Damanhur, a spiritual art community dedicated as a "laboratory for the future of humanity"....
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Stagecoach Vineyard in Napa Valley: tasting room with a view

There is a treasure of a destination hidden up six miles of winding Soda Canyon Road in the Napa Valley. Scrub oaks, burnished manzanita, and fiery...
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Horseback riding tour on the Mendocino Coast of California

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"I got bucked off in Botswana," Lari (pronounced "Larry") reassures me when I ask her if she really wants to take Carla and I out...
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Where to stay in Santa Fe, New Mexico

For my week's visit, I chose two very different places to stay. La Fonda on the Plaza is a large hotel that has been a rest stop since Santa Fe was...
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Santa Fe eats

It is a tradition on my trips to Santa Fe to have a turquoise margarita at sunset at the Bell Tower Bar on the rooftop of La Fonda. My mood mellows...
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