Through the Looking Glass
I’m constantly amazed at the hidden gems to be found along the California coastline and even inland. Like this glass beach at Fort Bragg in Northern California. It used to be a dump – can you believe...
View ArticleColombia: A Diamond in the Rough
Hello again! I’ve just returned from what turned out to be an incredible trip to Colombia. Now before you start imagining drug gangs and kidnappings, let me put your mind at ease. (Although, I’ll...
View ArticleAround the World in 50 Breakfasts
I love breakfast. And it’s become one of my new favorite things about the weekend: waking up to enjoy a nice big cup of coffee and an old eggy favorite or, every so often, something more unique. I...
View ArticleTraveling State of Mind
I don’t know if it’s Spring Break or just the fact that everyone is tired of the “staycation,” but it seems travel bugs are everywhere lately. It used to be that I’d go through my extremely short list...
View ArticleKeeping Up With the Jones
It wasn’t until this year that I came to the realization that most of my “dream vacations” are drawn from Indiana Jones movies. A few years ago, my sister and I went to India. At the time I thought I...
View ArticleIs This Real Life?
Sometimes when I go to places like Ojai or Los Olivos or watch Gilmore Girls or basically any show about suburban life in the ’50s, I wonder what it must be like to live in one of these tiny towns...
View ArticleThe Bikes Are Coming
You guys, it’s happening. After I’ve waited practically a decade for bike sharing to head west, Bike Nation is finally bringing a bike-share program to Downtown Los Angeles — plus Hollywood, Playa del...
View ArticleFaces of the City
One of my favorite things about walking around Downtown L.A is eyeing all the impressive and often really beautiful street art. Here are a few murals in particular that I never seem to get tired of and...
View ArticleSummer Bucket List #23: Disneyland Daze
The last time I went to Disneyland, I was 16. I was on a trip with my high school orchestra and justifiably (I think) confused about why we weren’t visiting the beach during our short reprieve from...
View ArticleSummer Bucket List #2: Firsts
I was starting to think I might give in to this whole, “it’s technically fall now” idea, but it seems at least in Southern California, Mother Nature isn’t quite ready to accept that idea either....
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