quintessential quotes-travel
“Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you traveled.” – Mohammed Image of the Santa Monica Mountains-Leo Carrilo State Park
“Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you traveled.” – Mohammed Image of the Santa Monica Mountains-Leo Carrilo State Park
Nuestro Pueblo (Our Town), The Watts Towers by Sam Rodia. Construction Worker by day and Artist by night! Ever since I saw the Watts Towers on a lecture slide in my undergraduate Art Survey class, they haunted me. They seemed so mysterious. Was it a sacred site in an urban jungle, I wondered what was […]
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” -Helen Keller Snow Monkeys (JAPANESE MACAQUE),Yudanaka, Japan 2009 Check out where the snow monkeys spa! Live Cam
What is the best thing on your menu? This is a Donism. Since, I met Don eleven years ago, every time we go to a restaurant he always asks this question to our waiter/waitress:“What is the best thing on the menu?” or “What is your signature dish?” or “What is your favorite thing on the […]
“Half the fun of the travel is the aesthetic of lostness.” – Ray Bradbury
Food for thought-thought for food! We finally committed to joining the Slow Food Movement and to receiving our first CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) box filled with some delectable and edible loot!! This week we tried the CSA from the South Central Farmers in Los Angeles. I was kind of bummed to findout that the farm […]
Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.Joseph Campbell Photo from an amazing campsite in Big Sur, Kirk Creek Camp Ground. Love this place! Camp Kirk Creek,Big Sur on Google Maps.
Point Dume’ at Dusk (the in between) Point Dume’ State Preserve is an amazing sanctuary. “It features headlands, cliffs, rocky coves and vast beach access. The beach is presently operated by Los Angeles County, which also operates Zuma County Beach. These facilities are noted for swimming, surfing, scuba diving and fishing. Point Dume is a […]
A traveler without observation is a bird without wings.” Moslih Eddin Saadi Image from Santa Monica Beach
Today we took a walk to Montana Avenue in Santa Monica. To get to Montana it is lovely to take the Pacific Palisades Park walkway. It has a beautiful vista, which overlooks the ocean. The park has a good vibe and has some amazing coastal foliage and is a sweet spot for loungers, dog walkers, […]