Wow Place #5: 16th-Avenue Tiled Steps
When I first heard that there were these super-cool, mosaic steps in San Francisco’s Sunset District, I was a bit skeptical. I mean, what’s so “wow” about mosaics? A few stairs decorated with colored glass – big deal. Well, the 16th Avenue Tiled steps (actually located on Moraga Street) ARE something special. Leading up to […]
Wow #4 Otsuka Museum, Naruto, Japan: One-Stop Shop for Masterpieces
It’s 1984. I’m 21 years old, on my first trip to Europe, determined to visit all the artwork I’d read about in my college art history textbooks. The problem: my favorite art is so spread out! The Mona Lisa is in Paris. The Guernica is in Madrid. Botticelli’s Venus is in Florence. If only […]
Wow Place #3 La Casa Gelato, Vancouver, Canada: Ice Cream Mecca
With 238 flavors on display, La Casa Gelato in Vancouver, Canada might just be the largest ice cream shop in the world.
365 Wow Places #2: Thip Samai
#2: Thip Samai — The Best Pad Thai in the World Tucked away in a (relatively) quiet corner of bustling Bangkok is perhaps the best Pad Thai restaurant in the world. Thip Samai does nothing but pad thai, and they do it gloriously. Here’s what they say on their “PADTHAI or previously known as “KUAY […]
365 Wow Places #1 The Cat Temple: Omatsu Daigongen Shrine, Shikoku Japan
If you love crazy Japanese temples, or just love cats, this is the place for you. My buddy, Adam, and I were cruising from Tokushima to Kochi, deep in the heart of Shikoku (Japan’s “forgotten” island) when we stumbled on the amazing Omatsu Daigongen Shrine. Legend has it that in the mid 17th century, […]
Genentech Campus, San Bruno, CA
Tokyo, Japan — Ueno Park teambuilding scavenger hunt
A great place to hold a corporate team building scavenger hunt in Tokyo. > Event Description: Your Dr. Clue corporate teambuilding event takes place in Tokyo’s wonderful Ueno Park, a spacious public park in the Ueno district of Taitō. Home to temples, shrines and museums, Ueno Park hosts the Tokyo National Museum, National Museum of […]
Santa Monica Pier teambuilding scavenger hunt
Santa Cruz — Downtown
A fun place to hold a team building activity in Santa Cruz Event Description: During this fun treasure hunt adventure, you’ll roam the streets of Downtown Santa Cruz, enjoying public art and historical signage around nearly every turn. Location History: Discovered in 1769 by the Spanish explorer Don Gaspar de Portola, Santa Cruz is Spanish […]
The Lodge at Bodega Bay
A fun place to hold a team building activity in Bodega Bay Event Description: During this treasure hunt adventure, you’ll solve clues on the property of the lovely Lodge at Bodega Bay. Location History: The Lodge at Bodega Bay was originally purchased in 1972 by the Alden family as a small motor lodge on a […]