Hilton Santa Rosa

... degrees higher than the bay area and so we were immediately happy in the 80s. We decided to stay in Santa Rosa and pricelined our way to a Hilton hotel somehow for $80/night. After checking in we decided to go explore Santa Rosa and Healdsburg ...

... IMS Holiday Expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center Street/View/Map. First time going to this show, always have gone to the Santa Rosa show - wanted to experience the south bay. SCCC is big and beautiful.  In the late 80s - early 90's, I ...

Yesterday we woke up and saw the California coast, which is quite different from the Oregon coast, and a lot of redwoods. These trees are incredible, many of them are several thousand years old and fire and bug proof.  They are huge and we got to ...

... was too tight. As it turned out, while in Otavalo I met a coffee grower named Mary Ellen that lived an hour from Santa Rosa in Intag. She indicated that there had been a landslide on her way down, which confirmed my anxiety about returning to Quito in ...

... were rewarded with a fulfilling lunch. We the went for a walk around the streets and sites. We came across a most marvelous church called Santa Rosa, the story of which I won’t go into here   it certainly was a church with some amazing stories. ...

... for a coffee just before leaving SF. Did a fair bit of touristy stuff and while dad toured Alcatraz I went over the Golden Gate bridge to Santa Rosa to catch up with mum who was there for a funeral of a friend she'd met in China in the 70's. I called her ...

... of the night it took us quite a while to fine this beautiful hotel tucked away in a quiet corner of the wine country. The Hilton looked all set for vacationers looking to enjoy some quiet and nice wine. We had an executive room in a block of rooms called ...

... joint. She didn’t want to get sick on street food but I really don’t think this was any better. Medellin day 2 Our room (The Hilton Room) at the Pit Stop was really nice. We had a nice rest and a hot shower in our massive walk-in shower before ...

The jet lag didn't leave us and we were at the breakfast table right at the time the restaurant opened. We again had lovely views of the valley and a huge American breakfast. Today, we were headed for Sonoma, the lesser known cousin of Napa. Sonoma has ...

As predicted, we were in the breakfast room at 7 am, sharp. But it wasn't that bad a thing, we got this great table overlooking the beautiful valley which look all the more stunning in the colors of dawn. After a filling meal, we headed towards the ...

Tuesday night, I kept bugging Leigh that we should go bike riding and enjoy the nature out in Sonoma valley. I could tell she wasn't too thrilled about the idea so I started making up facts about what we would see on the way (lots and lots of animals) ...