One day, as I was scrolling through my Facebook feed as usual, I noticed a picture of a beach taken by a friend of mine from the East Coast who was visiting California at that time. The beach had a huge rock shaped like a shark fin, standing out boldly in the cove. I have been to many beaches along the Pacific coast...

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Fields of mustard flowers all blooming together is a sight to behold. I was lucky enough to catch this sight completely unplanned on my way down to Shark Fin Cove (there will be another post for this). I was cruising down Highway One near Half Moon Bay on a beautiful sunny February morning, when fields of yellow on both sides of the highway...

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The Bay Lights is an art installation on the Bay Bridge that gives out really cool computer generated light patterns that turn the cables on the Bay Bridge into a giant shimmering screen. It's best explained with a video: Beautiful isn't it? It definitely adds another gem to the already beautiful Embarcadero night scene. The Bay Lights was only supposed to last for...

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Lick Observatory is one of those places where every astronomy enthusiast in the Bay Area should visit at least once. If you are not interested in astronomy (or history), then the long, painful drive up to the peak of Mount Hamilton where Lick Observatory is might not be worth the effort. Since I love astronomy, Lick Observatory has been on my to do...

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This. Best 360 video of aurora in real time I've seen so far. Ok, it's the only one I've seen so far. Ignoring the huge watermark, this is the best video that captures the experience of tourists viewing the auroras. The ooooohhhsss and aaahhhhss... perfect. The auroras slowly and gracefully dancing around, with short bursts of energy, triggering orgasmic cries from the crowd.......

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Folks living in the Bay Area are spoiled for choice when it comes to scenery of green rolling hills during spring. Remember the famous Windows XP wallpaper "Bliss"? (Wiki link here) Yeap, you can get plenty of  those in the Bay Area on a nice clear spring day. For this post, I'll be covering one of them: Sunol Regional Wilderness. Sunal Regional Wilderness...

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