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 […]
When I was a kid I was OBSESSED with the Titanic. I would read tons of books on the subject and was all over anything that had to do with the ship. I ended up growing out of my obsession but the doomed liner still […]
So today’s my birthday and I’m taking the day off. But I did want to let you all know that tomorrow marks the opening of the Faulkner Farm Pumpkin Patch! It’s my favorite pumpkin patch in SoCal. I wrote about it last year so I’m […]
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 […]
I’m a total museum junkie (if you haven’t already noticed). Big or little, archaic or up-to-date, near or far – if it’s a collection of objects housed in a public space I want to go to there. As there are more museums than I can […]
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.” […]