The high-tech lifestyle in Silicon Valley has created a restaurant boom. This updated edition of the only restaurant guide for Silicon Valley, San Jose, and the Peninsula also includes San Francisco's best restaurants. It features concise, star-rated reviews of over 600 restaurants, detailed city maps, and indexes, plus Good Life's honest insights and irreverent wit.
Newly updated and expanded, this is still the only comprehensive guide to booming Silicon Valley, including the Peninsula and San Jose. The book includes neighborhood housing infor- mation, hints for newcomers, hundreds of Bay Area restaurant, recreation, and entertainment ideas. Perfect for newcomers looking for relocation information.
In addition to tourist attractions such as the Fisherman’s Wharf, this guide presents the authentic Northern California experience. Explorer’s Guide Northern California offers the most up-to-date information on the region, from Big Sur to Yosemite, north to the Oregon Border while, urging travelers to understand the impact of their footprint on the land. With detailed descriptions of lodging options, honest reviews of restaurants, from taco trucks to upscale bistros, cultural attractions, natural wonders, recreation, transportation, history scattered throughout each listing, over 100 photos, and maps, readers will feel like they are getting a tour around this beautiful land from an old friend.
This dazzling culinary guide will reveal the tastiest treats and best food experiences across all 50 states (and Canada), featuring thousands of expert travel tips and hundreds of mouthwatering images from National Geographic. This beautifully illustrated sequel to the national bestsellers 50 States, 5,000 Ideas and 100 Parks, 5,000 Ideas offers foodies the ultimate road trip around the United States and Canada, with 1,000 of the best bites and sips from every state and province. From must-have diner breakfasts and food trucks to can’t miss farm-to-table dinners and U-pick farms, this book has a flavor and food experience for every type of traveler, from road trip warriors and families to foodies of the first degree. Filled with the best dishes in every state—think crab cakes in Maryland, Chicago-style deep-dish pizza in Illinois, and wine in Oregon’s Willamette Valley—you’ll discover the regional delicacies that make up the great tastes of the United States and Canada. Plus, get expert advice on where to find the top meals at local establishments, which fine-dining experiences are worth the price tag, and when to visit for the best food and drink festivals. On your mouthwatering tour, you’ll discover: The origins of Alabama’s famous white barbecue sauceThe world’s largest food festival, Taste of Chicago, held in Grant Park each summerThe ultimate whiskey distillery in the most unlikely of places: Park City, UtahThe Northeastern seaboard’s finest lobster rollsThe Native American and Hispanic roots of New Mexico’s most iconic dishesThe secrets of Portland, Oregon’s craft brew sceneThe iconic Juicy Lucy burger in Minneapolis, MinnesotaAnd so much more! Comprehensive and inspiring, 50 States, 1,000 Eats provides everything you need to find your next great bite.
Brad and Jane Holmes are both experiencing a midlife re-evaluation. Brad's venture capital business in Menlo Park has recently catapulted him into the rarefied billionaire status. At the peak of his career, he feels something is still missing in his life. Jane Holmes, a beautiful ageing model, is lonely and bored with her life. She, too, wishes to make her life somehow more fulfilling, and contemplates opening an art agllery in Palo Alto. The Silicon Valley backdrop provides all who are interested some insight into the San Francisco Peninsulan lifestyle, complete with the happening restaurants and increasingly hectic atmosphere. Two beautiful people search for fulfillment outside their marriage in one of the wealthiest, and most influential areas in the world.
Detailed and timely information on accommodations, restaurants, and local attractions highlight these updated travel guides, which feature all-new covers, a two-color interior design, symbols to indicate budget options, must-see ratings, multi-day itineraries, Smart Travel Tips, helpful bulleted maps, tips on transportation, guidelines for shopping excursions, and other valuable features. Original.
