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Labor Day has come and gone. Summer is officially over at South Padre Island, but the island never shuts down. The Texas heat drops from the century mark into reasonable double digits where it remains through the winter. Young people…
Continue readingTwila, my daughter, and I have always harbored a special love for NYC. We often talked about when the time would be right to take my granddaughter, Sidda, for a visit. Manhattan juxtaposed against Austin, Texas is a real culture…
Continue readingby Larry Taylor; Photos by Gail Taylor One of the major attractions in California is its beautiful coast line. It can be driven by car up the coast via Hwy. 101 and later Hwy. 1. A far more relaxed and…
Continue readingAt 6:10 am, August 29, 2005, the music stopped in the Big Easy. Category 3 Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. The levees broke. New Orleans was drowning. Katrina scattered 4500 of New Orleans’ musicians like a shotgun blast across the…
Continue readingWe had the opportunity of spending time in Ojai in April. Any time you choose to go is delightful because in Ojai (pronounced “O Hi”) they have four seasons every month! It can range from about 40 to 90 degrees…
Continue readingNext week join us for Girls’ Get-Away in Downtown Las Vegas. If you and your BFFs need some away time, there isn’t a better place for an escape than Las Vegas. And, since Downtown Vegas has had a new face…lift,…
Continue readingIn summer, San Diego and La Jolla has an activity for everyone – old and young alike. Whether people like the outdoors or prefer taking in museums, hearing music or seeing theater, they will almost certainly find their desires during…
Continue readingOne of the most exciting components of The Mob Museum is the historic courthouse where the Kefauver hearings were held in the 1950’s. Visitors enter the old courtroom and take their seats. The lights dim. A hush falls upon the…
Continue readingThe Santa Barbara area is known as the American Riviera because of its climate, easygoing pace, friendly people, no hassle atmosphere and manageable size of 20 square miles. Top tourist landmarks: Courthouse El Presidio de Santa Bárbara The Mission Sterns…
Continue readingFor museum lovers, culture buffs, explorers of interesting sites, connoisseurs of unique restaurants, in other words , for most everyone, young and old, there is much to appreciate on the stretch of Wilshire Boulevard, between La Brea and Westwood Boulevards…
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