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Santa Cruz Offers Great Opportunities for Doggy Fun
Hairy concert-goers trot around in outlandish costumes, their unfocused eyes flitting from Frisbee game to Frisbee game. The air is a tapestry woven of distant music, sweat and so much free love that anyone there stands the risk of a spontaneous face-licking. This is Woofstock West, this year's theme for the annual Spring Dog Festival held just outside Santa Cruz, CA. Coastal Dog Owners Group holds the festival each year at Soquel High School to benefit area shelter animals. It usually... Read More »
Mountains, Beaches, Wine and Skateboards Make For a Never-Dull City
The beauty of Santa Cruz is that when you’re deciding how to spend your weekend, you don’t have to choose between the mountains or the beach. You can have your cake and eat it, too.
The coastal town offers everything you could want in a beach getaway. Miles of coastline invite swimming, surfing and sunning. The Santa Cruz Wharf is a unique way to pass an afternoon. The shops are classic, the views are outstanding, and the seafood is as fresh as you’ll find it anywhere.
For a beach-meets-... Read More »
Santa Cruz Celebrates Surfing, Symphony and Shakespeare
Santa Cruz culture features all the usual suspects: museums, festivals and historic sites.
Each and every gem, though, is splashed with a flavor unique to this city.
For example, just about every city in America has a museum, but how many of them are surfing museums? The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum, on display in the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse, tells the story of more than a century surfing history as it relates to Santa Cruz. Surfboards from every era of the sport, early wet suits and... Read More »
Santa Cruz Restaurants, Farmers' Markets Fork Over Sustainable, Local Cuisine
Santa Cruz cuisine is all over the map – literally.
Far from being pigeonholed into standard Cali fare, chefs across the area seem to abide by an unwritten code: Think differently.
Organic/vegetarian restaurants are moving light years beyond salads. It’s not uncommon to see sustainable seafood, free range meat and organic wine on the menu. Likewise, ethnic restaurants are maturing by leaps and bounds, welcoming French, German and Oaxacan eateries into the fold. With the growing popularity of... Read More »
