Celebrate Christmas at CA’s Columbia State Park
Columbia State Historical Park, part of the California State Park system was the place to be during the California Gold Rush and it is the place to be more than 150 years later, perhaps especially at...
View Article12 Days of Green Holiday Gifts: Homemade Cookies
Cookies might be the ultimate green and well-received gift — They’re delightful, yummy and fun. They come from the heart. They’re economical. Making and exchanging them can be a fun holiday tradition....
View ArticleBuild Your Dream Gingerbread House Part One
It’s the rare person whose imagination isn’t captured by the delight in creating a gingerbread house. There’s the architecture aspect, as the house’s pieces are baked and fitted — and icing-caulked —...
View ArticleBuild Your Dream Gingerbread House Part Two
Updated for 2011. Creating and designing gingerbread houses is a fun and classic holiday activity. It can also — let’s face it — be messy and time-consuming, what with baking the pieces for and...
View ArticleThree Great Christmas Cookies
Heading somewhere for the holidays and in need of a dessert or hostess gift? Or simply haven’t gotten your fill of your holiday baking? These three relatively simple, festive and classic holiday...
View Article12 Days of Green Holiday Gifts: Homemade Cookies
Cookies might be the ultimate green and well-received gift — They’re delightful, yummy and fun. They come from the heart. They’re economical. Making and exchanging them can be a fun holiday tradition....
View ArticleExperience the Magic of the Holidays in the San Francisco Bay Area, Part 1
I never fail to find the holiday season completely magical, and revel in the fact that the San Francisco Bay Area offers so many opportunities for families and others to experience that magic. Many of...
View ArticleExperience the Magic of the Holidays in the San Francisco Bay Area, Part 2
The San Francisco Bay Area is a special place throughout the year, and no time more so than at holiday time. But, let’s face it–when the holidays get crazy, stress levels tend to get high....
View ArticleHow to Host a Holiday Cookie Exchange
Even bakers who turn out beautiful cookies year-round seem to particularly relish baking them at holiday time. At a cookie exchange, each guest brings a large batch of his/her favorite holiday cookie,...
View Article12 Days of Green Holiday Gifts: Homemade Cookies
Cookies might be the ultimate green and well-received gift — They’re delightful, yummy and fun. They come from the heart. They’re economical. Making and exchanging them can be a fun holiday tradition....
View ArticleExperience the Magic of the Holidays in the San Francisco Bay Area, Part 1
I never fail to find the holiday season completely magical, and revel in the fact that the San Francisco Bay Area offers so many opportunities for families and others to experience that magic. Many of...
View ArticleExperience the Magic of the Holidays in the San Francisco Bay Area, Part 2
The San Francisco Bay Area is a special place throughout the year, and no time more so than at holiday time. But, let’s face it–when the holidays get crazy, stress levels tend to get high....
View ArticleHow to Host a Holiday Cookie Exchange
Even bakers who turn out beautiful cookies year-round seem to particularly relish baking them at holiday time. At a cookie exchange, each guest brings a large batch of his/her favorite holiday cookie,...
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