After spending a week as a tourist in San Francisco, I’ve learned a few things. If you ever go, keep these in mind: 1. Just because the day starts out gloomy and cloudy doesn’t mean you don’t need sunscreen. 2. The phrase “sunny California” does not, in fact, apply to San Francisco. Bring a jacket. Even in the summer. As they falsely attribute to Mark Twain: “the coldest winter I ever spent was the...

Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress) is the first in the Night Huntress series by Jeaniene Frost. There’s six in the series so far, which make me a happy girl. I’ve already lined up the rest in my TBR virtual pile. The main character, Cat, is a little different. She’s, well, halfway to the grave, since she’s half human and half vampire – the product of an unwed mother who was raped. She has so many stigmas on her...

By now, you obviously know I just spent a week in San Francisco. While my first impression might have been the overload of humanity on the streets in general and the overabundance of homeless in particular, there are plenty of other things to see. I took over 1100 photos during my trip. Since pictures often speak louder than words, I will, for a brief moment, shut up and let them talk. (Don’t worry, I won’t share them all....

We got back yesterday on a red-eye flight (aptly named since my eyes are still, in fact, blood shot) from San Francisco, and I didn’t want to let Monday slip by without talking a little about the trip. In the next couple of weeks I’ll have a photo gallery to share, as well as some lessons I learned while visiting, which I hope will detail all the fun things there are to see in San Francisco so that you can all live vicariously...