When an Angelino is looking to check out an eclectic, diverse city with just as much to offer as say, Downtown LA or Hollywood, my suggestion? Long Beach. About 45 miles south from Los Angeles and right on the Orange County border, some of you might […]
The place to be this past Saturday evening was definitely The California Market Center in Downtown LA. Having never been, I did not know what exactly this huge, tall building was, but, the occasion, taking us to the 13th floor? LA Weekly’s annual Essentials event, […]
Nestled high in The Carmel Valley, 20 minutes from Carmel by-the-Sea, lays over 400 acres of hiking trails, horse stables, vineyards, a wine tasting room, olive groves, hotel rooms and a land chock full of history. Welcome, my friends, to Holman Ranch! Prior to my […]
I was thrilled when we were invited to once again return to the breathtakingly stunning Carmel by-the-Sea (& Carmel Valley, too!) for a weekend getaway. While SoCal was being throttled with El Nino, I was oblivious to the wet and windy weather. Instead, we were […]
We all know I have a life long love for Long Beach’s Belmont Shore. I grew up going down to the water as my Aunt lived at ‘The Shore’, I have lived there, spent wonderful times with family & friends on their main drag, 2nd […]
While this weekend found us with countless Labor Day activities, Last week the place to be was in Downtown Los Angeles. For the 5th consecutive year, The LA Food & Wine Festival has ensured its place to become one of the best, & most prestigious, events […]
The Los Angeles Food & Wine, produced by Coastal Luxury Management and presented with founding partners FOOD & WINE and Lexus, announces additional programming for festival goers, including three exclusive wine seminars set to be held at Faith & Flower. The Lexus Signature Series will […]
Imagine Comic Con, yet, in Downtown Los Angeles, where the streets are flooded for 4 packed filled days & nights of hob nobbing, sipping endless amounts of bubbly, wine, noshing on plates created by your favorite Chefs like Wolfgang Puck & Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto & […]
Sometimes, on Fridays, I love nothing more than to get cozy in my recliner chair in my jammies & kick back, then, there are those weeks, like last, I really would like to go out yet don’t want to spend a lot of money. You […]
(* The post I was up late having to re-write as I thought it vanished on me last week, was nestled safely on my homepage under Drafts. Woo hoo! I did not press Save or anything, & thought it was gone. This is a better […]
Anyone who knows me knows I enjoy a great drink. Luckily, being Gluten Free has not put a damper on that. I, thankfully, do not like beer, which is loaded with barley, wheat & hops, all an obvious no-no for a Gluten Free diet. While […]
I had to laugh when I logged into Facebook yesterday & saw a link from Solvang, CA’s page; National Geographic mentioned Solvang on a blog post that the town is one of the “Best European Villages in America”. When I am asked where I am from, or if I […]
