Every year Aron takes a half-day off so that we can visit Apple Hill without the crush of fall crowds. This collection of orchards in the western Sierra Foothills of El Dorado County, just over an hour outside of Davis, is mobbed on weekends throughout the month of October. Traffic grinds to a halt. But if you can get up on a mid-week day, you’ll be rewarded.
A couple of years back, Heather Palmer wrote a Guide to Apple Hill for us with all of her favorite stops. We’ve use that list to come up with our itinerary ever since.
A bit of a local institution, Mollusk Surf Shop was started by a husband and wife team in San Francisco, motivated by a love of waves and art.
Whenever we can find our way over to the Outer Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco, I make a point to stop in. I’m am always keen to see what new t-shirt designs they’re carrying, how this bathingsuit or that pair of pants will fit. They’ve become staples in my closet: casual, comfortable, and well-cut.
I picked up a couple of items from the new line and got a chance to look at this season’s photographs by Will Adler. As usual, they manage to capture that most special kind of natural beauty—salty hair, sun-kissed skin, and all. It just feels like California.
