Armchair Tour of Highway 1

Not sure if you’re ready yet to hit the road because of COVID-19? Go on a virtual tour of California’s Highway 1 where it hugs the ocean from Santa Monica to Fort Bragg. Through photos, video and stories, discover the wonders and history of places including Santa Barbara, Big Sur, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey and Mendocino. We virtually will explore beaches, ride giant Clydesdale horses and step into the past to behold the moss-covered stumps of redwood behemoths felled 150 years ago. We even will stop at a historic resort or two to admire the cuisine and the view.

Sharon Boorstin is a contributing writer for the Los Angeles Times, specializing in lifestyle, food and travel. In 2019 she won Visit California’s Eureka Award for Best Newspaper Travel Article. In the 1970s and ’80s she was the restaurant critic of the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, and in the ’90s she edited the annual Gayot Guidebooks for Los Angeles and other cities. With her husband, Paul, she wrote dozens of screenplays for feature films and television. Her memoir/cookbook, Let Us Eat Cake: Adventures in Food and Friendship (Harper-Collins 2002), was a selection of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club.

Registration is required by 3 p.m. Nov. 1. All are welcome to this one-time lecture. Cost is $10 per course or bundle all fall lectures for $60.

The Fifty and Better program was designed to offer university-level courses (no tests, no homework) taught by experts in the field, and to host social engagement activities for individuals age 50 and older.

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Register by 3 p.m. Nov. 1