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As Leslie Forberg toured the Pacific Northwest in search of unique and delectable apple cider discoveries that had nothing to do with cider ... and a few that did.

One might think there's not much to see in a small coastal Oregon town like Gearhart.

Driving along the Oregon coast, I spotted the entrance for Salishan Lodge. Recalling that an art-savvy friend once told me that Salishan has a terrific collection of Pacific Northwest art,I made a quick turn.

Breakfast muffins and I have a complicated relationship. My mother taught me that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. And yet I have a sweet tooth the size of Mt. Whitney.

Barreling down 101 in early October, on my way from San Francisco to the Central Coast town of Cambria, I pulled off for a juicy stop in Morgan Hill.

I drove into the tiny Olympic Peninsula town of Forks, Wash., the other day. Haven’t heard of Forks? Clearly you don’t have a teenage kid, or even know a teenage kid.

Montaña de Oro State Park blew me away.

I grew up in Los Angeles and have lived in San Francisco for years, and thought I’d visited all the great coastal sites in between. But no.

Not every tide pool made the final cut, but that hardly means they're not worthwhile.

The things one has to learn before reporting on a topic as familiar —and as foreign —as tide pools.

As I write my first posting for VIA’s new blog, I thought I’d tell you a little about what I do for the magazine. This photo, taken a few days ago, pretty much sums it up.