Traveling to Los Angeles for the first time and need some travel tips? How to prepare for LA parking, airports, weather, and traffic.
Traveling to Los Angeles for the first time and need some travel tips? How to prepare for LA parking, airports, weather, and traffic.
The strong personalities of the different home architecture line up as I stroll through Venice. It's like looking at a family portrait of the California family. The colorful houses reflected in the Venice canals under a bright blue sky. If the definition of beauty is symmetry and lighting, well, I just captured the perfect beautiful day.
There is such a sense of pride, community, and patriotism as soon as you step on deck. Guests are greeted as they arrive, and asked if they have ever served in the US Military. If Veterans arrivals are announced across the loudspeakers of their position, rank, and service dates.
Now that I've been here about 2 and a half years, you can take my lessons learned if you want to use the most of your time in Hollywood on where to go and where not to go.
As many of you are already aware, I recently relocated from Chicago to Southern California. One of my goals after moving was to explore and experience more of this great nation. Not long after I arrived, I received an invitation for an Urban Guy’s Getaway and my first destination was locked in. Torrance, California as the guest of Discover Torrance . Yes…...
A travel guide to Surf City where summer lasts forever in Huntington Beach. This place brings the promise of never-ending candy-colored summer days, the perfect wave and glowing sunsets. This is one of my favorite Southern California Beaches, with pristine white sand, a city area that's a part beach town, part downtown just steps from the beach, lots of sunshine...
It was another spontaneous trip to Joshua Tree, We decided in less than 12 hours that we would drive out on a hot August afternoon and watch the sunset. The magnificent mountains were the backdrop for the mysterious and magical Joshua Trees
Last Sunday morning, we did something completely different: we explored the street art in LA in the Los Angeles Arts District. Although downtown LA is not far from us, the traffic situation usually deters us to go north or east to the mountains, or west to the ocean, but not into the city. We woke up early Sunday and followed an unusually quiet and foggy highway in...
Not many people realized Hetchy Hetchy is another option when visiting Yosemite National Park. Honestly, I didn’t know this existed inside Yosemite. There are several reasons why you must make Hetch Hetchy a Must See. Hetch Hetchy is a Must See Because it’s not as well-known, it’s much less crowded. When we arrived at Yosemite on a Friday...
Tips to know when hiking Barker Dam at Joshua Tree National Park. When I heard that Barker Dam was also known as Big Horn Dam for all of the big horned sheep climbing the rocks around the reservoir, I knew that would be a hiking destination during our trip to Joshua Tree. Every time we drove to Palm Springs or Twenty-Nine Palms, we would see the signs that cautioned...