• Define the space you are creating with an outdoor carpet.
• Invest in the best quality outdoor furniture you can afford for maximum comfort and logevity.
• Include a heat source be it a fire pit, outdoor fireplace, even candles will create the warmth you are looking for.
• Build in the abilty to cook outdoors with a grill or outdoor kitchen and bar for the ultimate in outdoor entertaining.
• Create walls and define your outdoor room with low maintenace plants – palms, and larger variety shrubs in containers work great.

Recipes we love for Outdoor Living:

Aprilanne’s Grilled Pizza Recipe

PlumpJack Winery Chef’s New York Steak with Spring Vegetable Couscous and Olive Salsa Verde.

Angel Island Tiburon Ferry - Your Ticket to Paradise since 1959

If you have not been to Angel Island in a while things have really changed and you owe yourself a trip to paradise this season – especially when the Cove Cafe & Cantina is hosting a FREE Live Music Series Saturdays from 2 – 5 PM on their water-view deck! 

Paradise Awaits with a Ride from Tiburon to Angel Island on the Angel Island Tiburon Ferry...

Island visitors can hike to incredible beaches, bike, picnic, BBQ, and during the Angel Island LIVE event, enjoy Hog Island Oysters and ice cold Lagunitas brews while listening to various live bands Saturdays in June!  Get there with a ride on the Angel Island Tiburon Ferry leaving Tiburon on the hour from 10 – 5 weekends…and returning 10:20 – 5:20 PM…for detailed ferry schedule  including weekday runs and parking information click here.

For the Insider’s Guide to all the FUN you can have on Angel Island check out San Francisco Bay Travel Expert Captain Maggie as seen primetime on California Living Bay Area wide in the video below:

Watch 1 minute Bay Area Travel Expert Captain Maggie “Island Adventures”

For more info. on Angle Island State Park click here.

For a unique look at “Oysters – Nature’s Perfect Food” visit Aprilanne.com

 Hope you can make it!  Enjoy – Aprilanne