Yosemite National Park is one of my favorite places. A remarkable and grand landscape of granite mountains, sheer valleys carved by glaciers, thunderous waterfalls plunging thousands of feet and several groves of majestic Sequoia…
Sunny late November on the rural coastside of the San Francisco Peninsula. Normally too expensive for me, but it was off-season and I made a deal with the proprietor of a B&B near Pescadero for several nights while I visited my family nearby – midweek, cash, how could she refuse. A tiny cabin set in a garden, complete with kitchen and a deep bathtub, simply perfect. For more of PortMoresbys contributions, click here . …
Leaving Needles CA, I drove a route that is a MUST DRIVE if you are the kind of person that loves road trips. The main portion of my day was spent on the longest continuous stretch of the original Route 66 that is still in place – From Topock AZ to…
There are a lot of famous road trips in the USA, like California’s Pacific Coast Highway and Montana’s Going to the Sun Highway . One of the best known drives in America is scenic 17-Mile Drive (actually distance depends on how you…
DrFumblefinger visits a historic area near Cannery Row
Last summer I had the opportunity to do something I had always wanted to do – drive a significant portion of Route 66. Having spent 4 days in LA, I started a drive to Albuquerque to meet up with The Amazing Ms. D. Instead of rushing down the…
One of my friends just loves Halloween — in fact, it’s her favorite day of the year! She gets excited about it months in advance and decorates her home and herself extensively for the occasion. I enjoyed taking our kids…
The Tokyo metropolitan government has dreamed up a new way to draw visitors to Tokyo: give them a taste of the area’s cuisine first. They’ve partnered with over 40 restaurants in New York and Los Angeles for a “Hungry for Tokyo” campaign.
In part one of this series I gave you the background on the Getty Villa, Mr. Getty and his passion for art. What follows are some illustrative pieces from the Villa’s collection, which focus on art from the antiquities.
While he was despised by many during his lifetime, J.P. Getty has left the world a wonderful legacy in his fabulous art collection and foundation.
Yosemite National Park is one of my favorite places. A remarkable and grand landscape of granite mountains, sheer valleys carved by glaciers, thunderous waterfalls plunging thousands of feet and several groves of majestic Sequoia…
Sunny late November on the rural coastside of the San Francisco Peninsula. Normally too expensive for me, but it was off-season and I made a deal with the proprietor of a B&B near Pescadero for several nights while I visited my family nearby – midweek, cash, how could she refuse. A tiny cabin set in a garden, complete with kitchen and a deep bathtub, simply perfect. For more of PortMoresbys contributions, click here . …
Leaving Needles CA, I drove a route that is a MUST DRIVE if you are the kind of person that loves road trips. The main portion of my day was spent on the longest continuous stretch of the original Route 66 that is still in place – From Topock AZ to…
There are a lot of famous road trips in the USA, like California’s Pacific Coast Highway and Montana’s Going to the Sun Highway . One of the best known drives in America is scenic 17-Mile Drive (actually distance depends on how you…
DrFumblefinger visits a historic area near Cannery Row
Last summer I had the opportunity to do something I had always wanted to do – drive a significant portion of Route 66. Having spent 4 days in LA, I started a drive to Albuquerque to meet up with The Amazing Ms. D. Instead of rushing down the…
One of my friends just loves Halloween — in fact, it’s her favorite day of the year! She gets excited about it months in advance and decorates her home and herself extensively for the occasion. I enjoyed taking our kids…
The Tokyo metropolitan government has dreamed up a new way to draw visitors to Tokyo: give them a taste of the area’s cuisine first. They’ve partnered with over 40 restaurants in New York and Los Angeles for a “Hungry for Tokyo” campaign.
In part one of this series I gave you the background on the Getty Villa, Mr. Getty and his passion for art. What follows are some illustrative pieces from the Villa’s collection, which focus on art from the antiquities.
While he was despised by many during his lifetime, J.P. Getty has left the world a wonderful legacy in his fabulous art collection and foundation.
