The nation’s third largest state is a vast stretch of sand, mountains, palm trees, vineyards and freeways. Hollywood, Mickey Mouse, fast food, Google…they all began here, in California. We’re in Los Angeles, a city wedged between sea and mountains, yet it’s a city with no real borders, for it’s impossible to tell where Los Angeles…
Category: California
Scenes from Los Angeles
Thinkin’… Stomach growlin’ Lickin’… Bird watchin’… Critiquin’… Daydreamin’… Laughin’… Huggin’
California Dreaming
We arrived in California last Thursday famished. So we wasted no time in having a very late lunch at a California institution, the In -n- Out Burger where you can enjoy the freshest meat to come between two pieces of bread for $1.95. And that’s with cheese! Gorging on grilled beef and fried potatoes was…
Full Circle
I grew up in a very tiny town that bordered Lake Ontario. We had frigid winters and less frigid summers. My town wasn’t a very wealthy community–family vacations were usually to places like the Adirondacks or Thousand Islands–but every now and then during winter school breaks, there was one kid whose parents had the foresight…