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Maui…wowie?

Well maybe not literally *wowie* as somehow I never caught the herbal scent, even whilst wandering across the park under the infamous banyan tree…sigh – the once cash crop, seems to have gone underground, or rather to ground perhaps, as I know I saw some *happy* surfers at another park – really, just friendly;) “Wowie” [...]

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Yosemite …for the first time!

oFunny enough, I JUST finally Yosemite… This is notable as, my mom lives in Fresno, and I fly into Fresno-Yosemite International airport when I visit, lol…literally she lived about 90 miles…yet we hadn’t made it up there on my visits until now… We went and had lunch at the lodge…a few images from our trek…and [...]

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California Dreamin’ ~ redux

‘Twas the summer of 2008 – my mom and I drove down the California coast from the Hearst Castle to Hotel del Coronado, blue oceans and vistas endless. We constantly had our GPS re-routing each time we took the most coastal roads…everything – so pretty…good times. View over famous pool from Hearst Castle ~ Hearst [...]

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In Bruges

A beautifully disturbing film. I have to admit, I don’t see many flicks with Mr. Farrell headlining… However, I found this one quite interesting…that is when I wasn’t (pleasantly) distracted by my date………. But we will leave that for another time perhaps… Movies…I really have gotten out of the habit of going in the last [...]

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Ends of Earth, Here I come!

LOL…since that is where I last left off… So leaving this Thursday to go down and visit sis in the Bay Area…we are flying out via SFO to Seoul…we fly direct…it’s a LONG flight! So I got an extended IPOD battery thingy…you just keep filling it w/batteries, and it can go on forever;) So off [...]