Aliso Creek and Wood Canyon Loop Trail. Moderate, 10.5mi Loop (of course, we didn’t hike the whole trail!) While I’ve been working since the start of the pandemic, Josh and Sammy were mostly in quarantine. Sammy’s school pretty much went into shut down mode. She had only one teacher in Broadcast who held virtual classContinue reading “Braving the COVID World”
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Sunset Cliff – amazing view
1253 Sunset Cliffs Blvd, SD 92107. Rated: EASY. 1.7mile OUT & BACK. We accidentally stumbled upon this trail while looking for something to do. When we got there, the parking lot was closed and street parking was quite full. We had to find street parking several blocks away and walk to the trail head. IContinue reading “Sunset Cliff – amazing view”
Top of the World
W Ridge, Laguna Beach, 92651. Rated MODERATE by All Trails App. 2.4mile OUT & BACK. Who says you can’t be in two places at the same time? Josh took a 270 degree panoramic view. Sammy was on the upper left corner with me then miraculously appeared on the bottom right. 🤣. We did a fewContinue reading “Top of the World”
Love is HERE to Stay by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
Sept 13th – Happy Birtday…thanks for all the opportunities… Nine more days till the end of summer. Unfortunately, the relentless heatwave and the raging fires in the Angeles Mountain (Bobcat Fire) tell us otherwise. It’s been almost a week and the skies have remained shrouded in smoke. On Thursday, I had ashes raining on meContinue reading “Love is HERE to Stay by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong”
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Our visit in 2017
Sky HIGH @ Pasea Hotel – HB
Ahhh! The cool breeze blowing in from the coast. The temperature in the 70s with wind speed in the low teens. This is the first year we’ve been home during a heatwave. Every year, we’ve been able to escape the country and head north to Canada where the weather is cooler. Josh says we pickedContinue reading “Sky HIGH @ Pasea Hotel – HB”
A Welcome Return
Airbnb has been offering unusual places for rent for quite sometime now. Their unique places range from tiny homes to yurts to castles to boats and more. I’ve yet to check them all out. During a late night search I came across a rental titled: Dome’s Life. The listing posted pictures of modernized and tastefullyContinue reading “A Welcome Return”
The Cook, The Caretaker, The Teacher…
My mom was born July 4th. Before coming to America, that month and date meant nothing. Since being here in the US, she jokes about the whole country celebrating her birthday every year. In Vietnam she was a teacher working alongside my dad who was the principal of the school. When she came to theContinue reading “The Cook, The Caretaker, The Teacher…”
(wish we were) Cooking in Tuscany
For a while now, I wanted to rent a villa in Europe with a group of friends or another family. The villas didn’t seem too expensive. The idea of living amongst the locals for a week or two sounded fun. I surfed the webs and signed up for emails relating to this topic. One ofContinue reading “(wish we were) Cooking in Tuscany”
MONGOLIAN YURT – right in our backyard
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/yurt/#mongolian-ger Our second excursion since the pandemic was about an hour drive from the house. Up to this point, I thought I knew most of the cities around us. When I started looking for an Airbnb place, I came across a city called Bonsall. Bonsall? I thought – “where in the world is this?” IContinue reading “MONGOLIAN YURT – right in our backyard”
