In a word, “romantic”. That was my first impression of the Westlake Village Inn where I had the privilege of being a guest* last week. With the ponds, the gazebo and the ...

Venice Beach would be an interesting sociology masters thesis. Sure there is a beach with sunbathers and surfers but the real interesting scene is the promenade including street musicians , head shops, ...

his post has been entered into the Grantourismo and HomeAway Holiday-Rentals travel blogging competition You can be excused if you drive up to the Saddle Peak Lodge and think it looks more ...

I might expect a riverboat on the Mississippi or on the Disneyland Rivers of America but I was not expecting one in the harbor at Long Beach. This riverboat is now apparently ...

This photo is taken from Long Beach’s Seaport Village of the Queen Mary which is anchored near by. You can make out the dome that holds the Spruce Goose over the last ...

Coincidentally while I was planning a trip to Southern California last week, I saw that the small boutique hotel chain Avia (4 hotels) was looking for travel writers to come stay at ...

One phrase for something that has gotten old is “long in the tooth”. Never has that phrase been more accurate than with the Columbian Mammoth. Scientists think that the mammoth’s tusks continued ...

Simon Rodia had some time on his hands. Over the course of 33 years from 1921 to 1954 he built these towers in the neighborhood of Watts in Los Angeles. The towers ...

This diorama is in front of the Page Museum in Hancock Park in Los Angeles. This is part of the famed La Brea Tar Pits which have snared more Los Angeles natives ...

I was invited to the Yard House restaurant as their guest while I was down here in Long Beach. The Yard House restaurant boasts the “world’s largest selection of draft beers” with ...