This past week my friend Alma, of the blog Field Trip Mom, posted that Saturday January 4 marked the beginning of orange picking in La Verne. I was so glad for the reminder because I had been meaning to participate for some time and I […]
Last week Strictly Sail Long Beach was held at Shoreline Village. Sailing is a big mystery to me so I was excited to check it out (I was given free admission). There were lots of booths, even more sailboats and hands on demonstrations. My absolute […]
In my travels to Echo Park I’ve watched its namesake lake evolve. First there were lotuses. Then they died off and the lake started to look pretty crappy. Then it was drained so it could be rehabilitated. And now? Well, now it’s just beautiful. This […]
Last year when I wrote about my visit to the Santa Ynez Valley I briefly mentioned Summerset Farm in my Los Olivos post. But, I think the place is so wonderful that it’s deserving of it’s own post. By chance, we happened to visit Santa […]
Recently I went on a mini road trip up the coast to Santa Ynez. The journey there was a quite a challenge with a wrong turn (made by me because I was chatting too much) and killer traffic. By the time we hit Carpinteria the […]
Hi All! I’m back! Did ya miss me? Sorry I’ve been gone so long. I had an attack of the allergies and couldn’t go out and about for awhile. As you can see from the photo above I was non too happy about that. Luckily, […]