Articles tagged ‘California’
San Jose Jazz Festival
By Carrie Thompson | July 22nd, 2008 |
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Business travelers from the world over make their way to San Jose, California for business or conferences. Next month, travelers to the area can enjoy the 19th annual San Jose Jazz Festival. From August 8 to 10, visitors to San Jose can rock out with more than one hundred bands comprising over 1,000 [...]
Alamo and National Free 3 Day Car Rental
By Carrie Thompson | April 4th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
United Vacations is offering a great deal to those of you who are traveling to California this year. Throughout 2008, United is offering a free car rental through Alamo or National car rental companies. These deals are available for customers who purchase
a flight and hotel package to California for three nights or longer. [...]
Southern California Wildfire Airline Travel Policies
By Carrie Thompson | October 25th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Southern California is in the throes of devastating wildfires, as it is pretty much every year around this time. Both San Diego International Airport and John Wayne Airport in the O.C. are open for business. However, many airlines are offering to waive fees for passengers who would like to change travel plans to [...]
Napa Valley Jazz & Blues Festival in Calistoga
By Carrie Thompson | October 11th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Napa Valley will again play host to the annual Jazz & Blues Festival in Calistoga from November 2 to 4. Sounds will include Bay Area musicians like Herb Gibson, Larry Vuckovich and Alvon Johnson. I don’t know who any of those people are, but they sound jazzy.
Day one tickets are $15 and include [...]
The Foggy Bridge Wine Cruises in San Francisco, California
By Carrie Thompson | August 13th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Foggy Bridge Wine Cruises will set sail on September 7, 2007. The cruises will be aboard USS Potomac, the former yacht of President Roosevelt, and will feature wines from many of the best grape-growing regions throughout California. Mmmm. Food and wine while cruising around the bay.
Profits from the cruise will be [...]
Bay Area California Free Metro Wi-Fi
By Carrie Thompson | June 21st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The San Francisco bay area is happy to provide free wireless, which is great news for those of us who don’t want to pay $9.95 to connect for 2 hours at our hotel. Muni-Wireless is available in Foster City, Concord, Santa Clara, San Jose, Sunnyvale and Cupertino. The website doesn’t specify that [...]
Tri-Valley California Forth of July Festivals
By Carrie Thompson | June 21st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
If you’re in the Tri-Valley California area for the fourth of July this year, you’re in luck. There are LOADS of things to do for the holiday in the area. I’ll cut to the chase:
Red, White and Blues Festival - Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton Thisnon-stop festival features outstanding blues acts homegrown in Tri-Valley [...]
Quail Hill Open Space in Irvine, California
By Carrie Thompson | June 15th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The new Quail Hill open space has opened for the enjoyment of residents and visitors to Irvine, California. Hikers, bikers and outdoor enthusiasts can now enjoy the rolling meadows of Quail Hill, after ownership of the distinctive open space along the I-405 freeway was formally dedicated to the City of Irvine at a community [...]
Universal CityWalk’s Summer Block Party (June 28 to September 1, 2007)
By Carrie Thompson | June 6th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Universal CityWalk at Universal Studios Hollywood is ready to kick off the “CityWalk Summer Block Party” of 2007. The festival will feature a Latino music festival, an indie band showcase series (I want to go to that part), a teen idol talent search, and free outdoor movie night. The fun will begin on [...]
Rock and Roll Marathon in San Diego, California
By Carrie Thompson | June 1st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The 10th Annual Rock n’ Roll Marathon will take place this Sunday in San Diego, California. Now, I won’t be running 26 miles at any time unless someone is chasing me. But if you’re going to run a marathon, this is a cool one. Besides the regular marathon fans (whoever they may [...]
