Running a blog about travel during a pandemic has been strange. What should I post about when I am not supposed to go anywhere or do much of anything? If you look back through myContinue reading
Something Splendid: New Year on the Beach
We have a New Year’s Day tradition of taking a walk on the beach. On today’s walk we saw my favorite beach birds, which I call “little runny birds” but I think the rest ofContinue reading
Something Splendid: Balboa Park Outing
Yesterday was a beautiful day in San Diego, and we spent the morning strolling around Balboa Park with some friends. It is easy to forget how many nice things there are in Balboa Park. TheContinue reading
Something Splendid: A River in Zion
I continue to look through old trip photos. This one is from a family get together in Zion National Park. We took this photo on a hike we did with our kids (then a babyContinue reading
Happy Memories of a Trip with a Toddler
I remain in a mood to look back on old vacations. My 2020 vacation plans were scuppered by coronavirus, and although there are worse things than a “staycation” in San Diego, I’ve kayaked on MissionContinue reading
Something Splendid: Little Girl, Big Aquarium
I found myself looking through the pictures from a California roadtrip we took in 2011, when our kids were four and almost two. There were a lot of photos and videos that made me smile.Continue reading
The Joy of Souvenirs
As you might imagine given that I write a blog about travel, one of the hard things for me in this current moment is the lack of any travel plans. We canceled our summer vacationContinue reading
Two Days in LA
I have a trip that was earlier than this one to write about – a week and a half before my husband and I spent a couple of days in LA to celebrate his birthday,Continue reading
Palm Springs Weekend
Our kids are SoCal born and bred- our 10 year old recently complained that it has been cold for so long, and wondered when it would get warm again. By “cold” she meant that theContinue reading