California Travel Blogs - Page 8

Woke up under a grey sky. The flags on top of nearby hotels are flapping fiercely. Argh, the weather lady was right. By the time we finished breakfast, it started to rain. The storm is here. Our initial plan for the day was 1) San Francisco MOMA, 2) Lunch at our favorite dim sum place, 3) Driving a…

Since I had slept so much yesterday, I woke up at 3am with a damn headache and didn't manage to go back to sleep. So I found some magazines and read till about 6am, then I finally was tired enough to sleep for a little longer. Slept till 7.30am, but didn't get up till like 9. Found some breakfast a…

  To Live & Hookah in LA   FRIDAY PRE-PARTY   Friday evening, May 16, was a special night in Monrovia, California. 20 TravBuddy friends gathered chatted, laughed, belly danced and smoked hookah pipes at the Mediterranean Garden Grill on West Foothills Blvd.   The ter…

We made a short day trip north and on the way home noticed that the clouds and sky were looking wonderfully different.  The clouds had the look of speed and although they weren't moving rapidly across the sky they covered the sun at that point but thinned out on the edges and lookedd very whis…

Joy tells me a few weeks ago that she will be meeting up with a couple TravBuddies.  Do I want to come? My response.....of course I do. A few days later...I hear that we will be meeting up with a few Buddies.  Not bad, I had been wanting to meet up with Joy for a while now, since the OC…

This morning, I woke up at 11:30 A.M. and took a trek down to the California Street Cafe again for coffee to go with Eric. I'm starting to get a feel for the area and feeling comfortable. The lady behind the counter thought my husband, Eric was IRISH and loved his accent. (After living in America, …

The dormitory was kept at a somewhat brisk 60 degrees. It was a welcome relief after being outside in the 40 degree weather, but when the adrenaline and activity went away, it was still really chilly! Luckily I had my super ugly but very warm coat that my dad just bought me for my birthday and I en…

Sunday morning was a special day for us.  Today was the meetup at Griffith Park, Los Angeles.  It started pretty well. We had purchased a couple of large sub sandwiches and a salad at the grocery store the day before and made sure they included all the things we like in our sandwiches. &n…

Well everything started out just wonderful... the sun was shining and it was making of a beautiful day. Then I recieved a phone call from one of my employee about some make believe story of how he couldn't come to work today... "great! now i gotta go to work"... so i then get up and get ready. My p…

When we got the invitation for Bern's wedding we knew it would be fun!  The setting was a resort in Trinity Center and the dress was casual, beach wear!  It was early enough in the year that it would be warm but late enough so it would be cooler.   The weather cooperated perfect…

Where did the weekend go?  I woke up this morning feeling a little sad that everything went by so quickly - but it was still super fun!  I wish we could hold onto our weekends longer! Everyone was still asleep so I got up and took a stroll along the Embarcadero towards Pier 39 - the day …

It's been a LONG and exhausting week!  Though we all know I'm a procrastinator (but only when it comes to personal things, never business!), I might be the queen of them all.  Not only did I have a ton to do but I worked the whole week too.  I not only planned this trip, but also had…

Waking on Monday morning, and now being down to just me I considered my options of what to do and see for my final day in the city. I decided I was determined to see the Golden Gate bridge and so headed off on the cable car down to the piers, but the bridge was still hiding from me. I decided I'd h…

I left work on the westside around 3:30 pm...YIKES already half hour behind schedule and I get my Blue Iguana Margaritas at the Happy Hour prices!  Since I work about 5 miles away from the Santa Monica Pier, I easily made my way through side streets to the city of Santa Monica.  But my jo…

There are some big mountains between San Diego and the desert. It's only a two hour drive, but a climb from sea level to 5000 feet and back to below sea level in a few short miles. I had decided to take the winding, "scenic route", straight across, instead of the normal interstate freeway that s…