The My Day In Pictures articles are to keep friends and family updated on what is going on with my life. It was instituted at the request and for the benefit of one of my favorite people in the world, one of my aunts who is a retired telephone operator and lives a few hours away from me.
We’re visiting Rancho Santa Margarita, Newport Coast, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Rancho Palos Verdes, Palos Verdes Estates, and much more this afternoon on our way up to the Santa Barbara area. It’s going to be quite a bit of time in the car, but I have my notebook ready and I’ll be taking pictures as…
While in the car over in Anaheim Hills after our drive back from Palm Springs this morning, we decided to double back to Laguna Beach before heading up to Santa Barbara and Montecito. This will give us a chance to rest, walk around the downtown area of the city since we both liked it so…
It’s another beautiful day here in Southern California and we’re going from the desert to the hills back to the beach to rest before beginning the next leg of our journey, which will take us up north. Today, we’ll be leaving Palm Springs, heading through Riverside, Chino, Chino Hills, Yorba Linda, Anaheim Hills, etc., before…
After driving to Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage, we decided to try a highly rated restaurant in Palm Springs called Bill’s Pizza since 1.) we wanted to get out and explore the city, and 2.) we hadn’t eaten hardly anything for 7-8 hours so we were starving. They ranked towards the top of entrants in the international…
After spending a day touring the breathtaking beaches of Southern California from Laguna to La Jolla, and two days going through wine country, we’re heading to the desert (in a rented car rather than on a horse with no name). I’m not really a desert guy. I get that a lot of folks love it,…
We were so surprised by the beautiful topography of Temecula that we added an extra day here to explore the surrounding mountains, look at real estate, and check out the local stores. The city of 100,000 or so people is surrounded by beautiful estates, vineyards, and farms growing citrus and avocado. It’s roughly 1-2 hours…
I want to thank those of you who have written me in the past few days. The Internet access situation has been spotty, so I haven’t even had a chance to get through a fraction of the messages but the number of you offering to show us around towns, drive us to or from the…
Ashly had an appointment so we babysat our godson this afternoon. He was perfect. He decided my job was Vocabulary-Checker-In-Chief as we spent 45 minutes with him pointing to things (“dat!”) and then making me say the word over and over, sometimes with him running around to find a second copy of the object to make…
Since we were at the original Disneyland location, it seemed like a good excuse to pick up a handful of shares of The Walt Disney Company to add to the souvenir collection.
You know I love The World of Color. There is a restaurant called Carthay Circle that offers a three-course dinner. If you dine there before a certain time, it includes a reserved ticket to a premium viewing area so you can watch the show from one of the best spots without having to stake out your…
