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 […]
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 […]
A traveling nurse by the name of Theresa, sporting a colorful scarf over a plaid top, sat down next to me at gate 150 of Tom Bradley’s International wing at LAX. Throughout our thirty-minute conversation, she called me, “honey child,” and “mama” singing my praises […]
I dropped a piece of pizza crust on the ground tonight during my dinner and immediately felt like someone punched me in the gut. A month and a half ago, my sweet furbaby boy, Bambino, would have quickly swooped up this crumb. There are so […]
I haven’t quite found the words over the last week. I’ve been trying to find my voice, figure out what it is that I’m supposed to share with you all. There is so much personal stuff going on – ups and downs, changes, deaths, and […]
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 […]
