Laurie McAndish King and Jim Shubin published photos from the Olmec exhibit currently at the de Young Museum—which hosted our March meeting—on Destination Insights. http://www.destinationinsights.com/see-it-in-san-francisco/de-young/olmec-exhibit-at-the-de-young/  

Lee Foster has been asked to lead one of the May 22 media tours for the 400 international media attending USTA’s Discover America Pow Wow in San Francisco. Lee’s tour for 25 media is tour #10, “Elevated San Francisco: A Photographer’s Tour by Helicopter and Land.” Details at http://www.dmcnetwork.com/events/PowWow2011Tours/Media/. Participants...

You don’t have to be a geek to appreciate the Computer History Museum. See the “Evolution of the Gadget” article in the May issue of Discover magazine. See:  http://discover.coverleaf.com/discovermagazine/201105/?pg=28#pg28    

Susan Cohn’s most recent features in the San Mateo Daily Journal (“Susan’s Travels, Tours + Tips”) cover Eugene O’Neill’s home, Tao House, in Danville and travel medicine. Find them at: http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?type=arts&title=Susan%27s%20travels,%20tours%20+%20trips&id=155818&eddate=04/02/2011 http://smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?type=lifestyle&title=Susan%27s%20travels,%20tours%20+%20trips&id=156795  

In addition to her April 24 San Francisco Chronicle story on Easter Island, Marybeth Bond features nine related posts and videos on her website http://gutsytraveler.com/category/destinations/easter-island/.      

BATW BOD Retreat Pacifica © John Montgomery “Dancing and Reminiscing in Pacifica” by Ginny Prior Showing affection on the dance floor isn’t really my style. I’ve seen couples sway in an ardent embrace as their feet move in sync to the beat. That’s not me. It hasn’t...

Filoli Gardens Fountain © John Montgomery Sheila O’Connor captures the essence of Filoli Gardens in her most recent Examiner.com article—and solves the mystery behind the name (hint: it’s not Italian). The mellifluous name derives from the credo of the Bourn family, who built the estate—“FIght...

Filoli Walled Garden © John Montgomery “Hop Off the Technology Grid at Filoli” by Mary-Ann Bendel The April 16 meeting at Filoli Gardens was not the usual one: After a short business meeting, we had a docent-led tour of the estate’s elegant house and gardens in three groups of 10. The gardens...

The deadline for submissions for announcements for the May, 2011, BATW website update is April 23, 2011. Please see Submission Guidelines in the drop-down menus under both “About BATW” and “Help” on the home page: www.batw.org. Thank you very much.  

BATW Members: Ginny Prior lists press trips in the Members-Only (log-in) section of the website.  Here’s how to find them: Log-in to the website. Under the words “Members Only Area” there is a black bar.  Click on the word “Services,” and you will see a drop-down menu. In the drop-down...