Half Moon Bay

We live in one of the most photographed cities in the world, but city dwellers have a tendency to forget the unparalleled, natural beauty sitting just outside the man-made structures of San Fran proper. Remind yourself why your East Coast friends are jealous of your Nor Cal life by taking a good, long look at it. Escape the city to visit national parks, restaurants, and vineyards for spectacular views of

REAL or FAKE? We’ve been embroiled in this debate for years now. We’re talking Christmas trees, of course, and which is better for the environment. Is it better to cut down more of our already disappearing forests or to set up ticking time bombs of chemicals in our living rooms? With passionate arguments on both sides, it looks like the jury is still out on this problem. So what’s a treehugger to do when

On the approach to this Half Moon Bay mainstay, you find yourself wondering why there is a restaurant “way out here.” Then the wow factor hits. The Spanish-style building nestled on a craggy cliff above the wild Pacific is nothing if not impressive, all the more so when you enter its window-walled dining room. And then there’s that sometimes sunny, sometimes wind-swept (and always pet-friendly) patio, with its cozy blankets,