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In Sonoma County, Come for the Wine, but Stay for the Scenery

Macrostie Winery Views

“And the wine is bottled poetry…” When I first saw the quote attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson outside a tasting room in the town of Sonoma, I laughed, snapped a picture on my phone, and kept walking. There are many…

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Laguna Beach California

What I Learned From My Social Media Detox In California

There’s something magical about raising the blind on an airplane window and finding yourself somewhere new, an unknown landscape rising to greet you. In Orange County, California, that landscape was dry and scrub-like, a flat expanse of land leading to…

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California Dreaming

As well as San Francisco, I saw plenty of other sunny spots on my visit to the Golden State. We camped off road en route to Yosemite, where we laid back and looked at the stars as night came.  Thanks…

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Painted Ladies, San Francisco

Shots of San Francisco

Maybe it was a mix of the Sixties music played by my parents, or my teenage obsession with TV show The O.C., but for one reason or another I had always wanted to visit California and see San Francisco. I…

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I'm Katie, a Scottish islander in the USA, and the journalist behind Stories My Suitcase Could Tell, a travel blog which inspires you to explore the world. Read More…

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