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  • Visit Downtown Mill Valley Travel Guide

    Visit Downtown Mill Valley Travel Guide

    Spend a day, a weekend or an extended trip in Downtown Mill Valley where natural wonder meets inspiration: art, design, home goods, fashion, music, food, wellness and a culture of community. Hot tips...

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  • Creative Mill Valley in the News

    Creative Mill Valley in the News

    Mill Valley, our charming village where Poet and/the Bench headquarters are located, has been featured as a travel destination in quite a few publications recently. We want to share a few notables in...

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  • Travelogue: Montana

    Travelogue: Montana

    400 acres create the most beautiful backdrop in Northern Montana for soul-filling glamping. Read more about our trip to Tobacco River Ranch Glamping!

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  • History of El Paseo Lane Mill Valley

    Short History of El Paseo Lane

    We love the natural environment and building complex of our shop location at 11 Throckmorton Avenue and El Paseo Lane in Mill Valley. It has a storied history recorded in...

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  • Travel to Copenhagen. A Copenhagen City Guide by Poet and the Bench

    Travelogue: Copenhagen

    We had high hopes for our discovery trip to Copenhagen and wow did we ever fall in the love! The design and culture inspiration blew us away.

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  • Travelogue: Austin

    Travelogue: Austin

    For a weekend getaway we think Austin's got great food, a rich music scene and enough art and culture to make it one of the coolest cities around (though, summer is hot and...

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  • Travelogue: Cape Town

    Travelogue: Cape Town

    We've done our share of eating and exploring in and around Cape Town. While we haven’t been home recently, these are some of our not-to-be-missed experiences. Let us know if...

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  • Travelogue: Oregon

    Travelogue: Oregon

    We’ve been so inspired by the Sonoma Coast we were curious what we’d find if we kept driving north. We closed shop and ventured to Oregon.

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