Mar
07
I had anticipated that the secret ingredient to my pancakes at The Little Swiss House in downtown Carmel, California would be something exotic. Perhaps the vanilla extract came from a rare Tahitian orchid harvested only by Aries between the hours of 2am and 4am on clouded nights when the moon is waning. Carmel, with its [...]
Feb
09
As I inhale the smell of cypress mixed with salty ocean air and merge that scent with the sound of sheer metal slicing through air, pinnacled with a compressed thwack, I know that I am someplace special. So special, in fact, that to even take in the greatness of this particular merging of land and [...]
Feb
09
Seventh at Pebble Beach, Carmel, CA Running into Bob Stoops on the next hole!
Feb
03
LOS ANGELES, CA – February 3, 2012 – The LA Times travel show, held January 28 and 29 at the LA Convention Center is a joyfully overwhelming frenetic beehive of adventurous, far-flung insanity. Grass-skirted fijians strum upbeat island melodies over a kava kava ceremony enticing would-be tourists to come check out their exotic destinations and [...]
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