When I was a kid I just loved The Secret Garden. Not because I happened to enjoy stories of orphans and their spoiled, obnoxious cousins. I just loved the idea of a secret garden – a place that no one else knows about, hidden from […]
As you know, I love Fall. And one of the things I love about Fall is pumpkin patches. Not the one’s that you find in the mall parking lot that have more bounce houses than pumpkins. Oh no. I love the pumpkin patch that is […]
Or at least how Hollywood imagined it to be. What on Earth am I talking about? Why that would be the Western Town at Paramount Ranch. Nestled in the Santa Monica Mountains, Paramount Ranch is part park part filming location. In 1927 Paramount Pictures purchased […]
Now, I know that with the weather being so hot, the last recommendation you want is a place to take a hike. But I love this place so much that I just have to recommend it. This is the Tree People headquarters located in Coldwater […]
Let me take you down, cause we’re going to lavender fields…lavender fields forever. This past weekend I was able to spend some time in lavender fields and it was lovely. No, I didn’t jet on over to Provence (believe me, this would be a whole […]
I attended Cal State Long Beach for over two years. When going to class, I would always park across from the Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden and every time I would think “today I am going to go inside those gates and visit the garden.” […]