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While we were on vacation in So Cal, one morning The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird and I took a walk to Salt Creek Beach. She wanted to snap some photographs for her portfolio, and was totally over the moon when she discovered her favorite subject was out in full force. Birds. Birds. And Read More >>
It wouldn’t be a family vacation without a visit to at least 1 museum. Yesterday we took a self guided tour {the best kind if you ask me} of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California. First of all, have you ever been to Yorba Linda? I had actually never heard of it Read More >>
As we were driving through the Napa Valley, we took a wrong turn on the way to dinner. Okay, we took several wrong turns actually {the HH was driving}. And at some point we drove by what I thought was a community garden and thought, “how cool is that?” After a few more wrong turns, Read More >>
So I’ll admit it. I am a sucker for tours of large estates and gardens. I love old buildings and gardens that stretch as far as the eye can see. Not that I would ever want to live in one {or maintain it}, but still, they are fun to visit. And sometimes, if I’m lucky, Read More >>
If you ever find yourself in Napa Valley, California in search of the perfect supplies for a picnic lunch, I highly recommend the Oakville Grocery. Seriously, if The Barefoot Contessa or Martha Stewart owned a small grocery, this would be it. The Oakville Grocery Store is not only a great place to stop and grab a bite Read More >>
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