Category: Domestic U.S.
Southern California’s Annual Lavender Festival
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 […]
Paso Robles’ Tin City – Something for Everyone
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 […]
California Road Trip – Holiday Tour Edition
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 […]
Palm Springs Weekend Getaway
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 […]
Welcome to California Love – Reflections on Returning Home
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 […]
Reflections on September 11th – Post 9/11 Personal Memories and Thoughts
On Tuesday, September 11th, 2001, I was sitting, ironically enough, in U.S. History class during my junior year of high school. We received news of the first plane hitting one of the Twin Towers. It was in the following period, art class, that I watched […]
Off the Beaten Path Travel – Seeking and Finding that One of a Kind Experience
I’ve had a few people recently inquire how I plan my trips, specifically how I find some of the lesser-known places to visit, the off the beaten path travel, if you will. I’ve briefly touched upon this, but I’m going to elaborate a bit. *Disclaimer: […]
The Price of Love is Grief and Life’s Mediocrities
Two days after the east coast earthquake, I was once again sitting at my tiny desk in my tiny office when my phone rang. It was my mother’s number. We spoke every single day, so this wasn’t unusual. The unusual part was that it was […]
Dramatic Situation
I was experiencing what felt a lot like vertigo. Was the building swaying or was I just imagining this? I was on the tenth floor of a Manhattan office building, sitting at my tiny desk in my tiny office that I shared with one other […]