After my delicious Caesar salad with grilled salmon at Pappy & Harriet’s, it was time to check-in. The unpaved, rocky road leading to the Deserted Joshua Tree Cabin dreams are made of triggered my excitement. Anything unpaved had to lead to the sort of desertion […]
Being happily deserted in Joshua Tree National Park without unexpected, potentially virus-carrying visitors sounded like just my type of getaway. Covid-19 has everyone feeling like a prisoner in their own home. I’m certain I can’t be the only one. Going anywhere in public brings on […]
Hola, friends! I’m ashamed to admit that it has been over a year since my last post. This post is also about the very same subject, the Lavender Fields, but read on and you’ll see why. Since I attended 123 Farm’s Lavender Festival last year […]
If lavender tickles your fancy or simply pleases your senses, then what are you waiting for? The 15th annual lavender festival at Highland Springs Ranch & Inn in Cherry Valley, California, a short pit stop en route to your Palm Springs weekend getaway, only goes […]
A short drive down the 46 East from California’s central coast town of Cambria will please any nature or wine lover. Rolling hills of green, occasionally dotted with farmhouses and livestock in the foreground give way to stellar views of the Pacific Ocean on a […]
It’s been a while, dear readers, and for good reason. It wasn’t for lack of motivation or procrastination. I’ve been busily writing my debut novel. It is 2019, however, and I wanted to post my first blog of the New Year. Given my last post […]
I decided at the beginning of 2018 that this was going to be the year of deep California appreciation. In other words, rather than take a major international solo trip, I’m going to explore the beautiful state I live in even further than I already […]
Isn’t life such a fucking conundrum? Just when you think you’re doing well, making progress, and growing, along comes this bitch named anxiety to knock you back a few steps. She makes you feel like a failure, like all the progress you thought you’d made […]
As I reflect on the last five years of my life, I could probably write an entire book about it. Today marks five years since my return to California from New York City. I can thank Facebook for that reminder. Amongst my memories was a […]
Since my return from a solo trip to Japan with my fat-ass backpack in tow, I’ve been asked many times what some of the highlights were. The man with the gold-capped teeth in Nara is definitely one of the first Japan highlights that come to […]
