David A. Laws photographs, writes, and presents on California Gardens, Silicon Valley and Steinbeck Country from his home on the Monterey Peninsula. His work has appeared in numerous print, electronic, and broadcast media formats from the BBC and NPR, to guide books, newspapers, magazines and academic journals.
While they don’t always feature roses, this itinerary describes places to relax and enjoy the some of the finest publicly accessible gardens in Silicon Valley’s Santa Clara & San Mateo counties. These directions begin in San Jose in the south and follow the San Francisco Bay shoreline north to San Mateo. Be sure to plan your trip to allow for dense traffic...
While they don’t always feature roses, this San Francisco Gardens itinerary describes places to relax and enjoy the some of the finest publicly accessible gardens in the city and county of San Francisco. These gardens display the variety of creative approaches resulting from an acute shortage of cultivatable land ranging from the windswept sand hills that today form Golden Gate...
While they don’t always feature roses, this itinerary describes places to relax and enjoy the some of the finest publicly accessible gardens in Southern California. It includes gardens from San Diego through Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo County in the north. Be sure to plan your journey to allow for dense traffic conditions throughout the region. For gardens from Monterey...
Silicon Valley’s High-Tech Heritage itinerary visits some of the most venerated sites associated with key people, places and products that have changed the world. Follow this Silicon Valley history trail to connect the dots. The trail begins at Stanford University and concludes in San Jose’s former disk drive country. In light traffic total driving time is about one hour not including...
Visit the scenes and settings in the Salinas Valley on the Central Coast of California where Nobel Prize winning writer John Steinbeck was born (1902), raised, and wrote many of his California-based stories. For locations in Carmel, Cannery Row, Monterey including Cannery Row, and Pacific Grove, see Steinbeck Country on the Monterey Peninsula. Steinbeck’s family home and the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas are...
Visit the scenes and settings on the Monterey Peninsula of the Central Coast of California where Nobel Prize winning writer John Steinbeck lived and wrote many of his California-based stories. For inland locations in Salinas and the Salinas Valley area, including the National Steinbeck Center, see Steinbeck Country in Salinas. The Monterey Peninsula and Pacific Ocean is just 20 miles from the...
While they don’t always feature roses, this itinerary describes places to relax and enjoy the some of the finest publicly accessible gardens in Northern California. It features gardens from Monterey north to Mendocino County. Be sure to plan your itinerary to allow for dense traffic conditions in the San Francisco Bay Area. For gardens from San Luis Obispo south to San Diego,...
While they don’t always feature roses, this itinerary describes places to relax and enjoy the some of the finest publicly accessible gardens around Monterey Bay. It includes gardens in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties bordering Monterey Bay on the Central Coast. From Santa Cruz in the north to Esalen on the Big Sur coast in the south, the road distance is about...
High-Tech Silicon Valley Tourism A popular tourist destination early in the 20th century, San Jose and the orchards of the Santa Clara Valley, then known as Valley of Hearts Delight, fell out of favor as the trees disappeared under the glass and concrete of Silicon Valley. The economic boom that emerged from the combination of entrepreneurial and technological innovation has sparked...
Wherever I am living at the time. I always know so much more about it than a casual visitor can ever have the time to enjoy.
Walking. Because it’s the only way to really get to know a place and its people.
Not really. I know I could always find something to say but not too sure I could find anyone to publish it.
Flying into LHR on an aircraft with a broken undercarriage. Closely followed by staying in room on the 15th floor of hotel in LA when fire broke out on the 12th floor.