When your goddaughter sends you an invitation to attend her wedding in Bermuda, what do you do? You go. A desire to travel to Bermuda had long been on my… [Continue Reading]
Category: Travel
You can’t grow lemons without water. That’s the lesson James Hartley learned when he tried to start a lemon orchard in the North Park area of San Diego. His original… [Continue Reading]
A Fairy Godmother waved her magic wand, and Oceanside became a Cinderella of a beach town in Southern California. During the late 1990’s, I lived in Carlsbad. I was… [Continue Reading]
Albuquerque sits right under the beautiful Sandia mountain range and has an elevation of 5,312 feet in a high desert. This is one of the oldest cities in the country… [Continue Reading]
What makes a perfect getaway for a few days? For me, it’s water, a beautiful hotel, shopping, some art, and good restaurants. I spent a couple of days in beautiful… [Continue Reading]
A quick trip to Costa Mesa was a welcome shopping change for me from the usual. While it might be beneficial to travel to one of the large… [Continue Reading]
Temecula, California, has a split personality. This is a good thing. Let me give you a little background about the city and what I see as a resident through… [Continue Reading]
If you heart beats at the idea of hiking, cycling, kayaking, kiteboarding, clam digging, or fishing, then head to Washington’s Whidbey and Camano Islands. Even if you just love… [Continue Reading]
Bucolic is the best word I know to describe the wine country of Paso Robles. In the distance along windy roads, cattle graze on the grassy rolling hillsides among the… [Continue Reading]
What’s to know about Austin? In 2019, Austin was ranked “#1 Best Place to Live” for three years in a row by both U.S. News and World Reports and by… [Continue Reading]