Lauren Elyse Matison

From an island hike to a cantilevered café, these 10 spots around the San Francisco Bay all offer a little adventure and a lot of skyline.

For more great getaway ideas from the city, visit offMetro SF, a new travel site launching this month.

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You may like to vacation without guidebooks and Google maps, but don't let the thrill of discovering a destination on your own keep you from checking out these 12 social travel apps.

Your next adventure will be all the more memorable, affordable and inspiring because of them.

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It was 63 degrees this past Sunday in NYC. Some people thought picnic in the park, and others, what a lovely side effect of global warming. Climate change almost canceled Thanksgiving and with news out yesterday that greenhouse gases hit record levels in the world's atmosphere,...

Before attending the NYC Wine & Food Festival's "Dining Sustainably" panel last Saturday, I was sure I had the eco-chick shtick down pat. Before hearing what four smart, successful, and environmentally enlightened women had to say, I would have expected Al Gore and Ed Begley Jr. to praise my super...

Every April 22, we are reminded to do something good for the planet. The rest of the year, our relationship with Mother Earth might better resemble the one between the boy and the Giving Tree in Silverstein's book. As a human...

Still haven't found what you're looking for? Consider these 13 green gifts that are good for the environment and give back to local economies around the globe.

(And if you need even more ideas, consult offManhattan.com's gift guides for adventurers and New Yorkers.)

While the holidays can create a happy sort of stress, no one looks forward to the barrage of email blasts, pop-up ads, tweets, commercials, magazines and mothers telling you where to shop, what to cook, why to go for this airline...

While the GOP (Gas Our Planet) leaders continue to prance proudly about the hill and lock horns over the top energy committee positions, we GOP (Green Our Planet) bloggers shudder to think how climate bills are sure to suffer...

Bikes have replaced berets as the "it" accessory in France. The two-wheeled vehicles may be chic and eco, but this is not why locals ride them. It's because bikes are cheap and they are everywhere. In May, while on assignment for a...

This image of the blond bespectacled actor on his bike is something of a childhood memory for me. I grew up within a mile of Ed Begley Jr. in Los Angeles, and I still get warm fuzzies thinking about how he and I...

This day is supposed to be the most beautiful day of your life. It also happens to be one of the most egregiously un-green traditions we have. I didn't even realize this--and I run a green travel website--until my boyfriend...

Since the spring of 1912, people have stopped in Washington D.C. to smell the cherry blossoms. Last year, over one million tourists came to the nation's capital to enjoy the gift from the Japanese government 97 seasons after the first trees were...

After months of slushy streets, heavy stews, and stubborn colds, I was feeling more than ready to talk about a fresh new season when I called up Laura Pensiero, nutritionist and author of the recently published Hudson Valley Mediterranean. She also happens to own the popular restaurants Gigi Trattoria and...