Doing (more of) San Diego: Southern California, Day 10 (26 July 2017)

OK folks, I know we are starting to run way behind in the blog. This is partly due being on the road – well, to and in San Diego – for three days, and partly because our San Diego hotel’s wireless was woeful. I didn’t finish the last post until 1.30am because the connection kept … Read more

Swallows and Sunshine: Southern California, Day 9 (25 July 2017)

Mission to see a mission Two things we love to do when we visit SoCal, besides see friends of course, is – no, not go to Disneyland, but to go to Joshua Tree National Park and Mission San Juan Capistrano. Given it’s mid-summer we are giving the desert-located Joshua Tree a miss this trip, but … Read more

Quiet Day: Southern California, Day 8 (24 July 2017)

We made no critical plans for today, as Carolyn had a tradesman coming to replace a major part of her ailing air conditioning system. Carolyn did encourage us to stick with our tentative plan of going to Old Towne Orange, but we decided to wait and play it by ear. Old Towne Orange Historic District … Read more

Summer day activities: Southern California, Days 6-7 (22-23 July 2014)

Reversing the norm For a number of reasons we reversed the norm this day, Saturday, and had a quiet morning followed by an active afternoon. Len and I started by lunching at a chain restaurant called Rubio’s, which describes itself as “coastal inspired fresh Mexican food”. We both had salad, mine a very tasty chicken … Read more

Sailing and sightseeing: Southern California, Days 4-5 (20-21 July 2017)

Anaheim is not just Disneyland Muzeo On Day 4 we visited a new place to us – but not to Carolyn – the Muzeo Museum and Cultural Centre in Anaheim (which is most famous as the home of the original Disneyland). Carolyn had discovered the Muzeo when it had a very popular exhibition recently, Dressing … Read more