Last weekend, September 11-13, I attended Jean Emmons Master Botanical class at Filoli Garden outside of San Francisco. My husband and I did the 9 hour drive down from Oregon and stayed at Half Moon Bay thinking it would be a nice respite from the city and a place to relax after class….We couldn’t be more wrong. It seems to be the favorite destination for half of San Francisco as well. Why I am not sure, maybe close to the city, a nice long beach, a few decent restaurants and a fog horn that sounded every 10 seconds..… but what ever the attraction there was a constant conga lines of cars streaming in and out of the area everyday. For me it meant it took 50 minutes to go the 12 miles to Filoli and back again. Read more