I have a confession to make. I didn’t take any projects with me on holiday. No crochet, no knitting, no hand sewing. Nothing. For the first time in years I was empty handed. And you know what? I’m glad I did… my hands needed a rest. My brain needed my hands to rest, and it …
We packed our suitcases and left the crazy house in West Hollywood that hosted us for this past week. (Crazy high tech toilettes, the microwave in a drawer, not enough glasses and a motorcycle in the hall… need to say more?) Lunch was had at In n Out burgers, a California institution… (jury is out …
Our last full day… we had to head to reach the ocean… a symbolic end to our journey… the end of the line, the end of route 66 too if you’re interested. First up Venice beach… The Pacific. The ubiquitous palm trees.. albeit with graffiti! and Muscle Beach… and the skate park… … and crazy …
…summer nights… and ballpark lights… There was crazy traffic and the biggest car park I’ve ever seen, people in blue everywhere, hot dogs and nachos and garlic fries, signing and clapping and cheering, singing and Mexican wave… oh and baseball too! Mr M came home without even knowing that the score was… but knew… and …
We’ve been taking it easy… lounging around the pool, a little shopping… lovely times with friends… Yesterday however I started to get twitchy (it happens if I’m in one place for too long and I know there are places to go and interesting things to see nearby) so we decided to take a Warner Bros …
We braved the hot California sun and headed downtown to take a graffiti tour. (We booked through LA Art tours, you can find them here.) Fascinating. Our guide was the super knowledgeable Shandu (founder of the graffiti crew L.A.Bomb back in the 80s) Cool dude. We learned about ‘bombing’ and ‘tags’, about graffiti writers and …
Oh boy. Major bucket list tick. Huge. Soul2Soul tour at the Citizens Business Bank Arena… Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. Indulge me please. It was simply amazing. SaveSave SaveSave
part 1. I’m sitting at the counter in the kitchen of our rental home for this week, drinking coffee out of one of those machine you see in movies with the glass carafe, a pack or Oreo staring at me and everybody else asleep. It’s not as idyllic as it sounds, though. I can’t turn …
When we organised our holiday many months ago we found ourselves with nowhere to stay for a night in between Yosemite and LA. I literally picked a place randomly on the map mainly because it had a cute hotel we could camp out. I know a few eyebrows were raised when I mentioned Bakersfield… but …
I spent all day looking upwards. (And driving. Lots of driving through wonderful landscapes) Oh and donuts. I ate fabulous donuts for breakfast from ‘Judy’s donuts’ in Oakhurst, just outside Yosemite. Totally delicious. Anyway, donuts aside, we drove from Yosemite to Bakersfield (long story) via King’s Canyon National Park and Sequoia National Park. Stunning. Totally …
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