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I am a self professed Frank Gehry junkie. Do I love his work? The swoops and the swirls. Not so sure I do, but there is something about this Canadian Architect that has drawn me over the years. I’ve been to the Dancing House in Prague, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain, Foundation...
LA is filled with beaches…..now that statement is a DuH. If you look at any kind of list about the massive West Coast City, you’ll see a myriad of opportunities to experience sandy expanses along the ocean. When we went to LA last year we had two beach experiences. They were fun and...
Two places topped my list of places to visit on my L.A visit last winter. Actually there were more….but there always is…. One was the Getty Museum designed by Richard Meier. I am a huge fan of Richard Meier…..in fact, the house I live in now has Richard Meijer elements. Don’t know who he...
by guest bloggers Ann Wojtysiak and Leonardo Tombelli If you liked Downton Abby, Filoii is a charming place to visit. Filoli, also known as the Bourn-Roth Estate, consists of a 654-acre estate located in Woodside, California. Located 25 miles south of San Francisco on the eastern slope of...
I didn’t really know what to expect when my friend booked a couple of nights at the Hotel Del Coronado on Coronado Island for us before going on to Rancho La Puerta. Yep, I knew it was a big hotel geared for conventions, meetings and family vacations on the beach of San Diego, but...
When my friend suggested we stay at the 130 plus year old hotel, the Hotel Del Coronado, called The Del by the locals, I thought. “How fun. It’s on a beach and probably has a lot of history.” I love places like that. We were headed to Rancho La Puerta, just over the border from […]
When I find myself in a city with some free time, my first inclination is to head to a museum. Yep, I’m a museum junkie. Love them. Love the art and exhibits. Love the architecture. Love the Museum shop. The restaurant. Love. Love. Love. Recently in San Francisco I had a day to myself so […]
I love visiting little towns with locally owned stores, a good restaurant or two and some street art when I go on vacation. We hit the bullseye with Half Moon Bay. It had all that and was close to the ocean. Charming. When we were there in April it wasn’t overfilled with tourists and I […]
When my son suggested that we consider Half Moon Bay for our annual California get-a-way weekend, I had to pull up a map to see where it is. I discovered it, directly west of Silicone Valley, south of San Francisco. Looking at photos of the area I realized that it fit our criteria perfectly....
by Judy Bereza, guest blogger The setting: A conversation around our daughter and son-in-law’s dinner table in Los Angeles last fall. The topic of discussion: The Huntington. My husband and I were raving about it after visiting it earlier in the day, and a friend at the table, a local, said...