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 […]
San Francisco — Ball Park Area
A great San Francisco Teambuilding Scavenger Hunt Near AT&T Ball Park The area encircling and including AT&T park is a San Francisco treat. The Bay Bridge is right there, of course, along with the Embarcadero and its stellar views of the Bay. And of course there’s the Ball Park itself, surrounded by statues, plaques, murals […]
Calistoga – Downtown
A fun place to hold a team building activity in Calistoga Event Description: During this treasure hunt adventure, you’ll solve clues up and down the Calistoga downtown area. Location History: Once the home of the Wapoo tribe, Calistoga was settled in the 1840’s and led by Sam Brannan, publisher of San Francisco’s first English language […]
Stumble
Wham! That’s the sound of my chest slamming into the ground at mach speed — knocking my breath out, bruising my ribs and delivering a bloody scratch to the side of my nose. One second, I’m jogging along, enjoying the fresh air and gorgeous nature of Annadel State Park (in Santa Rosa, CA), the next […]
Are You a Collector?
Are You A Collector? By Dave Blum. What have you collected in your life? When I was a kid—I collected pretty much everything. Most of it was pretty normal: Stamps, Coins, Stickers. That kind of thing. And then there were the “odder” items. For example, my friend Mike and I went through a long […]