Black Hole of Calcutta Falls

Black Hole of Calcutta Falls in Auburn, CA

http://www.everytrail.com/guide/easy-hike-to-black-hole-of-calcutta-falls

Location: Cool, California
Fee: No
Access: Family Friendly • Dog Friendly
Distance: 2.1 miles (RT) / 3.4 km
Elevation: very little change
Season: April
Difficulty: Easy
Directions: From I-80 at Auburn, take the Hwy 49 exit, and drive south on Hwy 49 for 2-3 miles to the where Hwy 49 forks. Turn right towards Cool. Cross over a bridge and Gate 150 is one your right hand side. Parking is limited on the side of the road. There is also parking located staight at the fork in Auburn Confluence, but you will need to walk about 1/4 mile. Show up early to get a spot.

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Easy, dog-friendly- 2.1 miles roundtrip that took around 1-2 hrs.

My boyfriend, cousins, baby husky, and I went on a hiked in July thinking the weather would be suitable. Boy, were we sweating! We arrived around 11AM with the blazing sun above us. I recommend going in the spring time around April for a cooler hike and a bigger waterfall.

Arrived at Gate #150 (11AM) in Auburn State Park. Park along the side for free. Doggy-bags were available at the gate. We walked shortly on the gravel until we reached the bridge you see in the photo. American River was under us and on the way back we saw a lot of people sunbathing and playing in the water. We continued walking on the flat dusty road until we reached the waterfall, but in the summer time, it’s more of a stream. It’s a nice photo-op. Baby husky didn’t want to leave the cool water.

At this point, you can decide to either hike back the same way you came or continue hiking to the rangers station then walk back. If you continue, it’s an upward hike. We walked for another .5 miles before we decided to head back since the baby husky didn’t seem to want to walk anymore.

I recommend bringing 2-3 bottles of water per person. Once you reach the waterfall, head back and go down to play in the clear American River. Tons of hikes in the Auburn area, but due to the drought, everywhere is low water level.

How to track who visited your facebook profile

Background story: I don’t know if it happens to you, but you find yourself getting a friend request from someone that you went to their Facebook page prior. – In my case, it was a classmate from middle school. Although we never really had a conversation, we acknowledged each other’s existence. S/he might have even asked me for a pen during our English class! Well, I went to their Facebook page before the friend request because I recognize the name. Then I wondered if somehow that person found me because I went onto their page. So I googled to see if that’s possible.

Result: Found a way to see who have seen your profile. Not worth my time to do it because I couldn’t copy and paste the ID #. But for the curious minds, I’ve taken the liberty to copy verbatim below for you.

Tracking instruction:

1. Its easy to do. Just follow these steps and you’ll succeed in finding out who visited your Facebook Profile!
2. Go To Your Facebook timeline- facebook.com/xyz
3. Right click on your timeline and hit “View page Source”.
4. Now, you’ll be redirected to a new page with lots codes.
5. Hold CTRL+F on your keyboard, a text box appears at the right corner, in that box, type- “InitialChatFriendsList” (Don’t include Quotes)
6. Next to that word, you’ll see a list of numbers, these are the profile ID’s of people who visit your timeline.
7. Just go to “facebook.com”  and paste the ID number beside it with a “/” . For example, if the ID is abcd, you have to put it as- facebook.com/abcd.
8. The first ID shows the one who visits profile more often while the last ID never visits your profile!

Share A Coke

Ever imagine drinking a soda bottle with your name label on it?

Yeah, neither have I, but now you can! With Coke’s new advertisement gimmick, Share A Coke, where you can find/customize the labeling on the can of coke.

They rolled out 250 most popular names that you can find at your department stores from June through August. For those with unique names, Coke is having “a 500-stop, cross-country “Share a Coke” tour featuring traveling kiosks will enable fans to customize a Coca-Cola mini can for themselves and a second can for someone special. The tour will satisfy fans who can’t find their names on store shelves,” found on their OFFICIAL WEBSITE.

You can find their touring locations and dates to get a cute customized bottle for you and your friends HERE. If you can’t make it, share a virtual bottle 😉

Free SF Sunday Parking Returns

Free Sunday Parking at Meters in San Francisco returns on

July 6, 2014

A year ago, SF decided to charge for Sunday metered parking, which was a bad, bad decision. As if parking in SF wasn’t expensive enough, I would look forward to Sundays and after 6PM on the other days to go out and not have to worry about that. I’m glad there were enough complaints to bring the free Sundays back :)P

Sunday Parking Exceptions:
– Four-hour time limits may still apply
– Parking at meters on SF Port property (mostly in Fisherman’s Wharf and along the Embarcadero) will continue to be enforced seven days a week.
– An exact start date for the free Sunday meters hasn’t been announced, but the Mayor’s office says it will begin with the next fiscal year (which should be July 6, 2014).

The Galt Flea Market

OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Open to the public. Free Parking. Free Admission. Free Carryouts.
Location: 610 Chabolla Ave., Galt, CA 95632

Most the information are listed above, so I don’t want to be repetitive. This is a huge outdoor flea market, where they sell all kinds of things: fruit trees, wallets, towels, vegetables, fruits, etc. It takes roughly 20 minutes from Elk Grove, not a bad drive considering it’s a whole lot closer than the flea market in Roseville. Although, they are only opened on Tuesday and Wednesday, both on the weekday. Check their website for more information. I only went once, more than a year ago. Bring your own reusable bag since you can probably fit more.