Traveling up the coast of California starting from southern Marin is a special drive….the natural beauty from the cliffs and ocean views. From hikes to mountain bike trails, there are a number of choices for the adventure seeker. There are also a handful of places to eat worth mentioning along the coast from Bolinas to Inverness, Olema, Point Reyes and beyond.
You can get a half dozen oysters for around $15 at the Farm House & Deli along Highway One in Olema. While the service is a little slow and waiters a little young, the ambiance is about how it sounds – part pub and part old fashioned ale house in a small town nestled along the coast. 
You can get burgers and sandwiches as well as caesar salads (adding salmon is on expensive for the venue); the pasta dishes are a much better option.
Up the coast is Point Reyes Seashore Lodge and Restaurant, a place you can stay as well as dine in their historical farm house restaurant and deli. The lodge has 22 rooms and its dining room has 13 inch high peaked ceilings and wainscotting made from beautiful golden vertical-grained floors.
The 150 year old farm house building is great for dinner parties and groups although you can also take in a room along the coast for a romantic get away. All rooms face the National Park with views of the lawn, the Olema Creek and the Inverness Ridge.
Imagine 71,000 acres of the Point Reyes Seashore National Park and 75,000 acres of the Golden Gate National Recreation area.
Down the coast is Vladimir’s Czech Restaurant, an authentic Eastern European Czech style cuisine in the most unlikelihood of places in a town that isn’t quite a town.
Open since 1960, it is officially located along Route 1 in Inverness and it is a place albeit very casual, dark, small and intimate with red and white checkered table cloths on the tables, that has large portions of everything and anything you’d want in the ‘meat category.’
From Vienna Schnitzel, Cabbage Rolls, Roasted Duck, Klobasa, Braised Lamb Shank and Baked Garlic Rabbit (Yum) to hot or cold beef tongue, Hungarian Goulosh, Chicken Paprikash, and Roast Loin of Pork.
There’s also an Apple Strudel with fresh whipped cream for dessert and what they refer to as the Kava Vladimir, which is coffee with slivovitz topped with whipped cream and chocolate bits. They have Czech and other beers on tap and all meals are served with soup du jour, green salad, sweet and sour red cabbage, and hot Moravian Sour Rye breads with sweet butter. The other cool thing to note is that they have a brown wooden upright piano tucked off in the corner, which adds to the authenticity of the place.
Renee Blodgett is the founder of We Blog the World. The site combines the magic of an online culture and travel magazine with a global blog network and has contributors from every continent in the world. Having lived in 10 countries and explored nearly 80, she is an avid traveler, and a lover, observer and participant in cultural diversity.
She is also the CEO and founder of Magic Sauce Media, a new media services consultancy focused on viral marketing, social media, branding, events and PR. For over 20 years, she has helped companies from 12 countries get traction in the market. Known for her global and organic approach to product and corporate launches, Renee practices what she pitches and as an active user of social media, she helps clients navigate digital waters from around the world. Renee has been blogging for over 16 years and regularly writes on her personal blog Down the Avenue, Huffington Post, BlogHer, We Blog the World and other sites. She was ranked #12 Social Media Influencer by Forbes Magazine and is listed as a new media influencer and game changer on various sites and books on the new media revolution. In 2013, she was listed as the 6th most influential woman in social media by Forbes Magazine on a Top 20 List.
Her passion for art, storytelling and photography led to the launch of Magic Sauce Photography, which is a visual extension of her writing, the result of which has led to producing six photo books: Galapagos Islands, London, South Africa, Rome, Urbanization and Ecuador.
Renee is also the co-founder of Traveling Geeks, an initiative that brings entrepreneurs, thought leaders, bloggers, creators, curators and influencers to other countries to share and learn from peers, governments, corporations, and the general public in order to educate, share, evaluate, and promote innovative technologies.
