Category California
Holiday 2014 – Los Angeles; Time to Connect with the Past
January 19-22, 2015 The drive to Los Angeles on Monday went quickly enough, traveling the familiar I-5 south through Central Valley farmland and cattle ranches. We’ve registered countless thousands of miles of travel on this stretch of highway and watched it develop from a lone ribbon of concrete with virtually no services to a heavily […]
Holiday 2014 – Oakland – City Lights at Night, Part Two
January 16-18, 2015 Given the whirlwind of activity we engaged in during our prior stay in Oakland, we decided to keep this visit a bit lower key. That meant a relaxing morning in the apartment, catching up on reading and other small chores and then a short trek up to Berkeley in the afternoon to […]
Holiday 2014 – Oakland – City Lights at Night
January 16-18, 2015 We packed up for an early start the morning of Friday the 16th, preparing for the anticipated nine hours of driving it would take us to get to Oakland and any troublesome road conditions we might encounter. I’d washed the car the day before at a self-service establishment as its prior condition, […]
Holiday 2014 – Lost in the Lost Coast
January 5-8, 2015 With the kids off to work, I took the Toyota to a nearby dealer for service, finished up and then Joanna and I departed for Mary and Norm’s house in Lower Lake, Ca. We’ve visited this beautiful location a number of times and always look forward to a few peaceful days on […]
Holiday 2014 – A Closer Look at Downtown Oakland
January 1-4, 2015 After dinner at Rivoli we returned to the apartment for a quiet New Year’s Eve, watching a movie and waiting for midnight and the start of what should be another great year for our family. The next day, after a relaxing morning, Kris and I made our way over to Walter’s to […]
Holiday 2014 – On the Road to New Year’s
December 28-31, 2014 With an overnight stop in San Clemente to visit long time friends Jan and Evan, we arrived back at Joanna’s Mom’s house for two more nights before heading up to Oakland for five nights at Jessica’s and to ring in the New Year. I get to see Evan a few times a […]
Holiday 2014 – It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
December 20-28, 2014 The three days leading up to Christmas were spent primarily connecting with the friends and places familiar to us as long time residents of Los Angeles; Joanna also spent quality time with her Mother. One of our first stops was dinner at Paco’s on Centinela at Washington. Anyone that knows us is […]
Europe 1999 – The Hunt for Starkbier, Part One
Possibly as a result of getting a new car, one perfect for cruising the interstates, we made a number of trips in the fall of 1998. One long weekend we went to Yosemite along with Irene Thomas Johnson to meet up with Norm Benson for a one-day assault on Half Dome. Getting overnight accommodations in […]
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