Bekersfield Central Park (11/22/2012)

Mill Creek is a linear park located in Bakersfield, California. It runs along the Kern Island Canal between Golden State Ave. and California Ave. in downtown, although there is a gap between 19th St. and the BNSF railroad yard. The center of the park is Central Park, the only park in downtown. The park contains a lake with spray fountains and the “Mill Creek” bridge. It is also home to the Bakersfield Museum of Art. (Wikipedia)

Central Park

－ in Bakersfield, California

Downtown Fresno (11/22/2012)

Fresno is a city in Central California, United States, the county seat of Fresno County. As of 2012, the city's population was 509,039 making it the fifth largest city in California, the largest inland city in California and the 34th largest in the nation. (Wikipedia)

City of Fresno

－  in Fresno, California

Legion of Honor (11/21/2012)

The Legion of Honor building is a replica of the Palais de la Legion d'Honneur in Paris, and was completed in 1924 as a memorial to the Californian soldiers who died in WWI.   (About.com)

Legion of Honor

－ at Legion of Honor

Sutro Heights Park (11/21/2012)

Sutro Heights Park was the estate of Adolph Sutro, land developer and a mayor of San Francisco. The estate once contained many Romanistic statues and a plant conservatory.   (Wikipedia)

Sutro Heights Park

－ at Sutro Heights Park

Fort Funston National Park (11/21/2012)

Fort Funston is a former harbor defense installation located in the southwestern corner of San Francisco. Formerly known as the Lake Merced Military Reservation, the fort is now a protected area within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA).   (Wikipedia)

Fort Funston :: Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

http://www.sfdogparks.com/Fort_Funston.html

－ at Fort Funston

Golden Gate Park, San Francisco (11/21/2012)

Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, is a large urban park consisting of 1,017 acres of public grounds. Configured as a rectangle, it is similar in shape but 20% larger than Central Park in New York, to which it is often compared.   (Wikipedia)

Golden Gate Park - San Francisco, CA

－ at Golden Gate Park

Dolores Park, San Francisco (11/21/2012)

Dolores Park is a city park in San Francisco, California. It is located two block south of Mission Dolores at the western edge of the Mission District.   (Wikipedia)

Mission Dolores Park

http://www.sfdogparks.com/Mission_Dolores.html

－ at Dolores Park

Mission San Francisco de Asís (11/21/2012)

Mission San Francisco de Asís, or Mission Dolores, is the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco and the sixth religious settlement established as part of the California chain of missions.   (Wikipedia)

Mission Dolores: Welcome

－ at Mission San Francisco de Asís

Franciscan Restaurant (11/20/2012)

Seafood Dining in the heart of Fishermans Wharf, San Francisco. You can enjoy views to Alcatraz, Golden Gate Bridge and Bay Bridge while you dine at the restaurant.

Fishermans Wharf San Francisco Seafood and Crab Restaurant - The Franciscan Crab Restaurant

－ at Franciscan Crab Restaurant

Palace of Fine Arts (11/20/2012)

The Palace of Fine Arts in the Marina District of San Francisco, California, is a monumental structure originally constructed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in order to exhibit works of art presented there.   (Wikipedia)

http://www.palaceoffinearts.org/

－ at Palace of Fine Arts

Lombard Street (11/20/2012)

Lombard Street is an east–west street in San Francisco, California. It is famous for having a steep, one-block section that consists of eight tight hairpin turns.   (Wikipedia)

Lombard Street, San Francisco
－ at Lombard Street

Coit Tower (11/20/2012)

Coit Tower, also known as the Lillian Coit Memorial Tower, is a 210-foot tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California.   (Wikipedia)

Coit Tower, San Francisco

－ at Coit Tower

Hyde Street Pier (11/20/2012)

The Hyde Street Pier is a historic ferry pier located on the northern waterfront of San Francisco, California, amidst the tourist zone of Fisherman's Wharf.   (Wikipedia)

Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco
－ at Hyde Street Pier

Boudin Bakery (11/20/2012)

Boudin Bakery (Anglicized pronunciation: "boo-DEEN") is a bakery based in San Francisco, California, known for its sourdough bread (self-proclaimed as the "Original San Francisco Sourdough French Bread"). It was established in 1849 by Isidore Boudin, son of a family of master bakers from Burgundy, France, by blending the sourdough prevalent among miners in the Gold Rush with French techniques.    (Wikepedia)

Welcome To Boudin Bakery

－ at Boudin Sourdough bakery

Red and White Fleet (11/20/2012)

Red and White Fleet is San Francisco’s original sightseeing provider and has been cruising the Bay since 1892. The family-owned fleet is located at Pier 43 ½ in the heart of Fisherman’s Wharf and offers daily sailings under the Golden Gate Bridge and around Alcatraz narrated in 12 languages. Red and White’s bay tours are a spectacular and convenient way for visitors to discover the City by the Bay.   (Wikepedia)

 Original San Francisco Bay Tours | SF Bay Cruises | Boat Cruise Tour in San Francisco

－ at Fisherman's Wharf

Radisson Hotel Fisherman's Wharf (11/19/2012)

Radisson Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco is near Pier 39, Alcatraz Island and Ghirardelli Square. Free Wi-Fi is provided in all rooms and throughout the hotel.

Radisson Hotel Fisherman's Wharf - Hotels in San Francisco Bay

－ at The Radisson Hotel Fisherman's Wharf

Pier 39, San Francisco (11/19/2012)

Pier 39 is a shopping center and popular tourist attraction built on a pier in San Francisco, California. At Pier 39, there are shops, restaurants, a video arcade, street performances, an interpretive center for the Marine Mammal Center, the Aquarium of the Bay, virtual 3D rides, and views of California sea lions hauled out on docks on Pier 39's marina.   (Wikipedia)

PIER 39, San Francisco

－ at PIER 39

San Francisco Ferry Building (11/19/2012)

The San Francisco Ferry Building is a terminal for ferries that travel across the San Francisco Bay, a marketplace, and also has offices, located on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, California. On top of the building is a 245-foot tall clock tower, with four clock dials, each 22 feet in diameter, which can be seen from Market Street, a main thoroughfare of the city.   (Wikipedia)

Ferry Building Marketplace
－ at San Francisco Ferry Building

Treasure Island San Francisco (11/19/2012)

Treasure Island is an artificial island in the San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland, and an emerging neighborhood of San Francisco. (Wikipedia)

Treasure Island : Welcome

－ at Treasure Island San Francisco

The Lawrence Hall of Science (11/19/2012)

The Lawrence Hall of Science is a public science center that offers hands-on science exhibits, designs curriculum, aids professional development, and offers after school science resources to students of all ages. The Hall was established in 1968 in honor of Ernest Orlando Lawrence, the University of California's first Nobel laureate. The Hall is located in the hills above the University of California, Berkeley campus. (Wikipedia)

Lawrence Hall of Science

－ at The Lawrence Hall of Science

UC Berkeley (11/19/2012)

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. The 2012 Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked Berkeley 4th in the world and the United States and 2nd in California.

University of California, Berkeley

－ at UC Berkeley

Hyatt Place Fremont (11/19/2012)

The Hyatt Place Fremont Silicon Valley hotel offers free Wi-Fi & a complimentary continental breakfast and the price is reasonable.

Silicon Valley Hotel - Fremont CA Hotel, Hyatt Place

－ at Hyatt Place Fremont

On the way to Fremont (11/18/2012)

On the way to Fremont, there are many beautiful mountain scenes. We took some pictures and enjoyed a lot!

－ at Tejon Ranch rest area

Citrus State Historic Park (11/11/2012)

The California Citrus State Historic Park is in Riverside County, California, United States. This park tells the story of the citrus industry and its role in California history.

California Citrus SHP

－ at California Citrus State Historic Park

March Field Air Museum (11/11/2012)

The March Field Air Museum is an aviation museum near Moreno Valley and Riverside, California, adjacent to March Air Reserve Base. Over 70 historic aircraft are on display both in and outside of the main museum building.

March Field Museum, March Field Air Museum

March Field Air Museum

－ at March Field Air Museum

Maples in fall, Monrovia (11/11/2012)

Maples on Huntington Drive, Monrovia

－  in Monrovia, California

Mt. Baldy...started to snow (11/10/2012)

Mt Baldy, at 10,068 ft. (3,069 m), is the highest peak in the San Gabriel Mountains, located in San Bernardino County, California, United States on the border of Los Angeles County. It snowed yesterday and there was 1 inch of fresh snow, so things were white and looked good.

http://www.mtbaldy.com/
－ at Mt Baldy

Bowers Museum (11/4/2012)

The Bowers Museum is located in Santa Ana, California, in Orange County. The museum offers exhibitions, lectures, art classes, travel programs, children's art and music education programs, and other community events. Visitors can enjoy free access to the museum on the first Sunday of every month.

Bowers Museum - Orange County's Finest

－ at Bowers Museum

Norton Simon Museum (11/2/2012)

The Norton Simon Museum is an Art Museum located in Pasadena, California, United States. The Norton Simon collections include: European and Asian paintings, sculptures, tapestries, woodblock prints...etc. In Sculpture Garden, there are many sculptors' works in a landscape setting around a large pond.

Today, we went to Norton Simon Museum again. Admission is free for all visitors the first Friday of every month from 6:00 to 9:00 pm.

Home » Norton Simon Museum

－ at Norton Simon Museum