As the year winds down so does my 2019 Must Visit List and I’m happy to say it’s nearly complete. Last weekend I was able to check off another location when I visited the Sam Maloof house in Rancho Cucamonga. For years I’d seen its […]
When I put together my 2019 Must Visit List I focused on local points of interest with two notable exceptions – the Grand Canyon (still pending) and Forestiere Underground Gardens. The latter is located in Fresno which isn’t exactly just around the corner. Since it’s […]
Awhile back I was reading Hollywood Hoofbeats: Trails Blazed Across the Silver Screen by Petrine Day Mitchum which tells the story of movie horses. While reading a section about Arabian horses in film I learned of the W. K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center at Cal […]
When it comes to the natural environment in Southern California things aren’t always as they seem. Take for instance the area around PCH and 2nd Street on the Long Beach/Seal Beach border. To the the naked eye it may seem like a barren landscape dotted […]
Now that the rain is done (fingers crossed) I’m itching to head out and explore. I’ve been cooped up too long! In fact, my cabin fever is so bad that I don’t want to just get out of the house I want to explore regions […]
I’ve got a weakness for ice cream and one of my very favorite spots is Long Beach Creamery in the Bixby Knolls neighborhood of Long Beach. During my drives down this stretch of Long Beach Blvd. I started to notice something unique – it’s filled […]
