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Bay seniors looking for a wine country day trip that doesn’t involve limo traffic, $13 glasses of Chardonnay and drunken cyclists might consider bona fidely rural Lake County, just east of Napa Valley. It’s home to Clear Lake of course which has 100 miles of shoreline as well as 4 other lakes, endless opportunities for […]

Bay seniors wary of visiting the Point Bonita lighthouse in the Marin Headlands because of its rocking, rusting bridge, will be relieved to know it has been replaced. The new suspension bridge sways a bit in the wind but it’s nothing to get alarmed about.This working lighthouse was built in 1877 on a basalt ledge […]

Bay seniors who think they’ve seen everything in their long lives, will be amazed to learn that one of the most popular tours in San Francisco is of our wastewater treatment plants. They occur one Saturday a month and last for two hours at the facility on the Great Highway. Lots of walking. Surprisingly they […]

Bay seniors with an unabashed fondness for disco music especially if it’s accompanied by dancers in short shorts on roller skates are advised to check out Kennedy Drive and 6th Avenue in Golden Gate Park any Sunday from 1 to 5. This Roller Disco Party is orchestrated by a mobile DJ unit. Free. And of course […]

Bay seniors whose lifelong love of the USA soars at the sounds of a band trumpeting John Phillip Sousa, should head out to Golden Gate Park today. In the Bandshell on the Main Concourse, there’s a free concert  at 1 pm by the Golden Gate Park band. Hard to believe but it’s the 131st season […]

Bay seniors on the lookout for more challenging conversational topics than Don Draper’s character flaws or the validity of gluten free diets, should take a walk this Sunday in McLaren Park. Philosopher Nathaniel Paluga will be leading one of his bi-weekly walk & talks from noon to 3 on the 2.7 mile Philosopher’s Way Trail. […]