Profile: Amanda is a writer for UpTake, a marathon runner and avid photographer. You can often find her leading tide pool tours as a docent for Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in Moss Beach, California.
Things Are Looking Up! – Route 84, Bay to Coast – A Favorite Weekend Drive
Jun 23, 2010; Comments OffUpTake on LaHonda Art Fair Each week I have been writing about my home and its surroundings because I feel like the luckiest girl in the world to live on the coast in Northern California. This week my post takes us inland up route 84 and over the Santa... Read more »
Things Are Looking Up! – A Treasure of a Store on the Pacific Coast Highway
Jun 07, 2010; 4 CommentsUpTake on the San Gregorio General Store Half way between San Francisco and Santa Cruz there is a little place tucked in one mile off the Pacific Coast Highway called San Gregorio. There really is not too much to this community of 287 people, not much... Read more »
Things Are Looking Up! Camping in the Redwoods
May 31, 2010; 2 CommentsUpTake on Big Basin, California I hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend complete with wonderful weather, outdoor fun and perhaps some BBQ-ing. The sun was shining upon us in Northern California and it was time to hike some trails at Big Basin... Read more »
Things Are Looking Up! – THE DOGS and I Heart the California Coast: HMB
May 24, 2010; Comments OffUpTake on soaring pelicans White oval stickers with black capital letters HMB are proudly affixed to many car bumpers in my “neck of the coastline.” I have one stuck to my laptop and many people ask what it stands for. I often reply with “Heaven... Read more »
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