This might sound odd, but we do enjoy a day in the cemetery.

Not just any cemetery, but the historic Frederick Law Olmsted–designed Mountain View Cemetery, in the foothills of Oakland and Piedmont. Not only is this place incredibly beautiful, you will recognize the names of many of its residents, whose monikers grace many a street and landmark throughout the Bay Area. Take a visual journey behind the gates of this 154-year-old piece of history, and into our day with the dead.

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Let's finish on a sweet note, shall we? Mountain View Cemetery is also home to our beloved and most iconic chocolatier, Domingo Ghirardelli (1817-1894), who moved his family's graves from St. Mary Cemetery (also in Oakland) to Mountain View.