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Regional Tour: The Getty Center in Los Angeles

By Dolly Lee 3 Comments

The Getty Center houses so much art, Dolly Lee can’t see and savor everything it offers in one day. But she makes sure she has time to linger with a museum favorite.

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Regional Tour: A Glimpse of Yosemite

By Dolly Lee 18 Comments

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Join Dolly Lee on a hike through Yosemite National Park in this California Regional Tour.

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Literary Tour: Mariposa Museum & History Center

By Dolly Lee 8 Comments

Literary Tour Mariposa Museum

Join Dolly Lee for a piece of history around Yosemite in this Literary Tour to the Mariposa Museum and History Center in Mariposa, California.

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Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

By Dolly Lee 10 Comments

Cantor Art Center

Join Dolly Lee on her latest literary tour and explore the wide range of contemporary art in the collection at the Cantor Art Center at Stanford.

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Literary Tours: Muir Woods National Monument, San Francisco

By Dolly Lee 8 Comments

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In today’s literary tour, hike the Muir Woods National Monument in northern California with Dolly Lee.

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Literary Tour: David Levinthal’s “MAKE BELIEVE” Exhibit at San Jose Museum of Art

By Dolly Lee 16 Comments

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Visit David Levinthal’s ‘MAKE BELIEVE’ exhibit at San Jose Museum of art, with cultural images such as Barbie, baseball, World War II and sexual politics.

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Regional Tour: San Jose Museum of Art

By Dolly Lee 11 Comments

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For today’s Literary Tour, we join Dolly Lee on a visit to the San Jose Art Museum with a docent who instructs us to take a closer look.

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Literary Tour: Georgia O’Keeffe and Lake George at San Francisco’s DeYoung Museum

By Dolly Lee 7 Comments

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The exhibit suggested Georgia O’Keeffe painted to make the intangible, such as her feelings, more tangible.

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Literary Tour: Alcatraz

By Dolly Lee 14 Comments

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I realize the children of Alcatraz prison staff once played on one end of the island and rode a ferry to San Francisco to attend school.

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Become a Better Writer: Artist Date at the Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden Center in Palo Alto, California

By Dolly Lee 19 Comments

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At the Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden Center, I close my eyes and listen to the soothing sound of skipping water and singing birds. My breathing slows.

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Literary Tour: Thoreau Center for Sustainability in San Francisco’s the Presidio

By Dolly Lee 3 Comments

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A seed of serendipity led us to the Cafe Rx, located inside the Thoreau Center for Sustainability in the Presidio, a national park set in San Francisco, California.

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Literary Tours: Palm Springs Art Museum

By Dolly Lee 14 Comments

On literary tours we often stop at places such as the Palm Springs Art Museum, to enjoy a visual feast.

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Regional Tours: Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park in California

By Dolly Lee 19 Comments

Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park Tunnel Big Sur

Literary Tours took me to Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park. As I hiked to the lookout, anticipation was building; I hadn’t expected the trail to be so short.

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Literary Tours: Rex Hausmann’s Max-a-mal Exhibit at The Cody Center

By Dolly Lee 15 Comments

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Tweetspeak Literary Tours take us many places. This time we visit Rex Hausmann’s Max-a-mal Exhibit at The Cody Center on the grounds of Laity Lodge retreat center.

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How to Become a Better Writer: Cantor Arts Center Artist Date

By Dolly Lee 21 Comments

Artist Dates help us learn how to become a better writer. Today, we only have one hour to tour an art museum with Dolly Lee. Let’s get started.

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