Have you ever been to Mendocino? The entire county is gorgeous and has a wonderful, relaxing vibe. Little River is a small community just south of the city of Mendocino. Little River Inn is on Highway 1 overlooking the beautiful Pacific Ocean and the rugged Mendocino coastline. I recently drove from SoCal to NorCal to […]
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My First Cruise
Finally. For years, I have been thinking that a cruise would be fun. This was the year that I actually went on one! Carnival was an easy choice for me, since I’ve been hearing great things about their cruises from friends. They sail out of Long Beach (Los Angeles), so it was an easy drive to […]
Carnival Inspiration Shore Day – La Bufadora – Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Day two of my Mexican cruise on the Carnival Inspiration was a stop in Ensenada. When I was younger, I used to drive down to Baja California with friends to surf and camp at the beach. We would drive into Ensenada to shop and eat in what used to be a much smaller town. It was great […]
Carnival Inspiration – Shore Day on Catalina Island
Catalina Island isn’t too far away from the Southern California mainland, but it definitely feels like a vacation. I grew up having a view of the island from my backyard and never get tired of visiting. This was my first stop on my 4 day Baja Mexico cruise out of Long Beach on the Carnival […]
The Boxtrolls Media Trip: Stop Motion Animation #TheBoxtrolls
Are you and your family getting excited for the September release of The Boxtrolls? Stop motion animation has come a long way since I was a child. I still enjoy those old TV episodes of Gumby & Pokey and Davey and Goliath. They seemed more realistic than regular cartoons since the 3D characters were actually moving frame […]
The Boxtrolls Media Trip: Puppets, Props and More #TheBoxtrolls
Moviemaking of any kind is a time consuming labor of love. That is especially true when the movie is made using stop motion animation. The sheer magnitude of the amount of puppets, props, bits and pieces small and large that are needed for a feature length film is mind boggling. A few months ago, I […]