California Travel Blogs - Page 12

I started the day late as i woke up at around 11am, probably due to the clubbing and the alcohol the night before (though i only had but 1 beer). So it must have been travel fatigue. Anyway, my friend very kindly brought me to Wine Country, Sonoma Valley specifically as he said it's not too commer…

Despite the rain, you'll always get folks out the door with some live music and unlimited tastings of some of the best wine the Livermore Valley has to offer..

Prologue In the fiction novel "Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown, the word "plankton" does not appear.  In this blog, entitled "Escape from Reality" the words "giraffe", "turtle","internet", and "schematic", and the term "we’re not in Kansas any more" appear once, and very early at that.  In…

Oh my GOD!!!!! The Cure! I love the Cure. I can't believe I'm going to see the Cure and see them at the Hollywood Bowl! An amazing band at an amazing venue! For those of you who have never been to the Hollywood Bowl this is a place that is an outdoor amphitheater. You are allowed to bring food in a…

Today was one of those days that was good and just got better. I got and went to watch my niece Stafani take here belt test for Tai Kwan Do. She was pretty good. Talking with the other parents sitting around cheering their kids on was even more fun. Everyone’s child is so much better, so much sma…

Meet up with travbuddies for a trip to Alcatraz and a gathering in San Francisco

I was only in LA for the weekend, so I knew time was of the essence.  I got my rental car and my gps device (best invention ever!!!), settled into my hostel, Hostel California, and was off to take in as much of California as I could.    I had to hurry to Venice Pier, which is famou…

About a 25 min. ride takes us from Santa Rosa to Bodega Bay. I saw people fishing there and others walking with their dogs. Some others had just set a table and were doing pic nics, it seemed a cool place to go there with a family or friends to do that. I really liked to take a walk through o…

It's Saturday at exactly 4pm and i'm still in Hawthorne at the Hotel where Angel and the rest of the group are staying, i've  been hanging out with them for almost two hours now, i told them that i needed to go, i have to pick up my friend in Santa Monica and had to go home first and get r…

So of course, I am now running late. Ample time to get everything down in the morning before meeting everyone at 3pm..... Called over to Angel's around 2pm...verified if there was anything more to be done.  Angel pretty much made it all happen.  Spoke with Erik and nothing more to do or…

well my friends and I we love fastfood, even though it isn't very healthy:) and doesn't make your belly look any better. but who cares?:) we're on vacation! so we eat all the junk we get.as hamburger-lovers we tried to get a taste of all the burger brands...we tried so many different fast food rest…

It's soon time for Liz "Quest" to move on with her travel adventures through California and I decided to have a small get-together with some of her new found local Travbuddy friends from LA.We decided to take Liz out for a last "hurrah" here in LA. Rob and I asked her what she wanted to have and in…

Ok so my parents told me they became members of this winery in temecula called wilson creek. So my family and I decided to go there sunday. I thought knowing that my old roommate was deployed right now that maybe his wife would like a nice sunday family retreat so i invited her to come along. Of co…

The best place to eat at Disneyland used to be the BBQ place in Frontierland.  They served delicious ribs and cornbread and you could eat at the benches in their big outdoor patio.  For some reason, they closed it down and they haven't replaced it with anything for several years.Now findi…

The 11th annual Ball held in the Henry Fonda Music Box Theater in Hollywood. This year I went for the Saturday night revelry with five of my friends. Next year I will likely have to organize a whole TB meet up there... so start working on your costumes!The Labyrinth of Jareth Fantasy Masquerade Bal…