Days of the Dead and Joy of Life in Riviera Maya. Part 4

Not all of our travel time was about ghosts and spirits, though. We stayed in one of the newest hotels in Riviera Maya, Mandarin Oriental. B...

Days of the Dead and Joy of Life in Riviera Maya. Part 3

Riviera Maya is rich with archeological sites. One of them, Tulum, is a compact and relatively well-preserved historic city on a cliff over...

Days of the Dead and Joy of Life in Riviera Maya. Part 2

To get to the roots of this amazing culture we traveled with an adventure tour company, Alltournative, to Pac Chen—a self-sufficient village...

Days of the Dead and Joy of Life in Riviera Maya. Part 1

The pounding sounds of drums, the smoke of incense, flickering candles on the altars dedicated to the deceased, and thousands of marigolds o...

Siam Palace in Hayward Features Traditional Thai Dances

Siam Palace is a little Thai restaurant in Hayward, with two dining rooms, tastefully decorated with authentic artifacts, and serving fresh,...

Three Days of Wine and Roses in Los Gatos. Day Three.

To start a morning at Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company is to fully awake to the fact that life is great. Busy and bustling—this is a gather...

Three Days of Wine and Roses in Los Gatos. Day Two

Staying in Toll House Hotel, named after the first historical tollbooth between Santa Cruz and San Jose is like living a pretend-believe li...