Los Angeles serves up some of the best donuts in the world. From the classic mom-and-pop donut shops in the ubiquitous strip malls to the character theme park donuts, you can find plain 50 cent donuts, fancy $5 donuts, build-your-own donuts, donuts with outlandish flavors and ingredients, and donuts even bigger than your face! Keep more »
A few months ago, I embarked on a “Solo Mom Weekend Vacation” up to Los Alamos, California (you can read more about my weekend trip to Los Alamos here) and I decided to make the extra drive up to Paso Robles one night to experience Bruce Munro’s Field of Light. Field of Light at Sensorio is more »
Take a weekend trip to Los Alamos, the tiny “blink-and-you’ll-miss-it” town located in Central California. Instead of just a stop along the highway, it’s become a little destination town. With multiple motels to chose from, several fancy-ish restaurants, and almost too many places to have a drink in the middle of the day, it’s perfect more »
Want to frolic in fields of beautiful flowers in Southern California? My Ultimate Southern California Spring Wildflower Guide shares all the different places to find flower fields and what you need to enjoy them! In case you haven’t noticed in your social media feeds, spring has hit California hard! All the rain we complained about more »
It’s no secret that other than Palm Springs, one of my favorite other vacation spots is San Luis Obispo County! Our first weekend trip together as a couple was up to the Madonna Inn with some wine tasting and sight seeing in Paso Robles. It’s such an easy drive, about 3 to 3.5 hours north more »
A few months ago, the Mister and I spent the weekend in Santa Barbara. It was our first trip actually staying there in the 7 years we’ve been traveling together and that is probably because I always thought the town was a little commercial and “old people-ish”, meaning if I wanted to go shopping at more »
The California wildflower “Superbloom” is still on and the Mister and I went on an adventure to find some more beautiful wildflowers on Tuesday! We already visited the Antelope Valley Poppy Fields, so I didn’t bother visiting the poppies in Lake Elsinore, but instead went on a hunt for these gorgeous, purple, lakeside, lupines! How did more »
What’s poppin’? Haven’t you heard? All the rains that pummeled California in the last few months have created a superbloom of wildflowers!So the mister and I drove up to the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve to see them! The last time I went, I was a baby. I’ll see if my mom can turn up more »
Planning a trip to Palm Springs? Keep reading My Ultimate Palm Springs Travel Guide where I’ve rounded up all of my Palm Springs travel advice including where to stay, where to eat, where to shop, and what to do as well as some awesome things to do and see just a short drive from Palm more »
A few weeks ago, I attended Alt Summit and lead a group of 21 people on an Instagram Tour of Palm Springs! It was a three hour tour (cue singing) of some of the top Insta-worthy spots in Palm Springs including City Hall, the Women’s Club of Palm Springs, the Moorten Botanical Garden, and, of course, quite more »
