Fresh off of a New Year’s hiking weekend in Joshua Tree, friend J happened to learn of another unique JT attraction: Hicksville. It didn’t take much time exploring the website to realize that we had to get a group of friends and check it out. After all, where else can you shoot bb guns and [...]
I got my iPad back! As promised, here is part 1 from last weekend’s trip to Joshua Tree. As I returned from Thanksgiving in Arizona, I drove right past Joshua Tree National Park. It dawned on me that this place, which always seemed so remote, was just over 2 hours from home. Yet in my [...]
Part 3 of a 3-part series. Installment 1 will unfortunately have to wait, as I left my iPad with the write-up in J’s car… Today was the final day of the three-day weekend at Joshua Tree National Park. In contrast to the previous two days of chilly but crystal clear weather, today started out cloudy [...]
Part 2 of a 3-part series. Installment 1 will unfortunately have to wait, as I left my iPad with the write-up in J’s car… The good thing about going to bed early on New Year’s Eve is that it’s a lot easier to get out of bed early on New Year’s Day. I was up [...]
I spent this past Friday and Saturday overnight at Crystal Cove. That makes the 4th visit since I started this blog in 2008. What can I say? – it’s right down the street yet seems a whole world away. And though it’s difficult to snag a cottage, it’s not very hard to land a dorm [...]
Looks like I’ll be spending a lot of time at the intersection of Sunset & Vine, smack in the middle of Hollywood. Yesterday, L signed a lease to move from her Hancock Park-adjacent duplex to an apartment in one of the first complexes to herald the Hollywood renaissance, Sunset + Vine. Maybe a tad less [...]
