Betsy's California Travel Blog November 2007 Archive

It's always hard to find Rose Bowl tickets no matter who's playing, but don't give up hope. If you're prepared, persistent and lucky, you might be able to get tickets ... Read More

If the Rose Parade is in your New Year's travel plans, you'll most likely be able to get tickets to see it up until this December. It's probably already too ... Read More

Well, if you're the National Thanksgiving Turkey who just received a pardon from the President, you want to get out of Washington before someone changes their mind. For the past ... Read More

Located conveniently in downtown Paso Robles, Hotel Cheval is a beautiful, stylish place to stay, in a great location just steps from downtown restaurants and shops. They've got nice rooms, ... Read More

Things are changing for the better in Paso Robles. Travel publications have been claiming for years that Paso is the next Napa, but even though it had the wineries, it ... Read More

Calistoga is the Napa area's spa town, and it seems that every other corner has a place offering a Calistoga mud bath. Getting buried up to your neck in warm mud ... Read More

The name gives you the first clue: Furnace Creek Inn. After all, wouldn't expect a "furnace" creek to be hot? In fact, it is, but the thing that's not so ... Read More

As if there aren't enough excuses to visit the country east of the Sierras, how about a dip in a natural hot spring at just the right temperature, with a ... Read More

In San Diego, while the turkeys are cooling and people are shopping, the Thanksgiving Dixieland Jazz Festival takes center stage. It's a great way to relax and enjoy some ... Read More

If you're looking for things to do in San Francisco over Thanksgiving weekend, Ingrid Taylar has a bunch of ideas, including a couple of events that may help you burn ... Read More

One of the things that can make travel over Thanksgiving hard is finding a place to eat. If you're Los Angeles-bound, Kayte Deoima has put together a list of places ... Read More

One thing I love about living in California is our quirky Christmas traditions. It's awfully hard to go on a sleigh ride at the beach, but Californians, being an imaginative ... Read More

For all of its image of sun, surf and sand, I think Orange County is one of the best places in all of California to vacation during the holidays, and ... Read More