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Visit Livermore Valley Wine Country – Wine Tasting Trips

December 23, 2009 in California Hotels, Shopping by Steven
While Napa Valley drinks in all the acclaim – to say nothing of film and TV cred – nearby Livermore Valley continues to grow both in abundance and prestige. Forgiving the fact that wine grapes have been grown in this distinct graveled valley every bit as long as in Napa, the days of calling [...]

Spring Break Beach Vacations – Santa Monica, California

February 26, 2009 in California Hotels, Events, Holidays, Shopping, Spring Break Vacations by Steven
Enough family fun! It’s time for bright, beautiful beaches overflowing with babes, bottles, and the occasional bouncy ball. It’s time for real Spring Break! Being a USA Travel Guide, our knowledge of Mexico hotels is fairly limited, but that doesn’t mean we don’t know a thing or two about hot Spring Break beach vacations. Spring Break [...]

Spring Break Tips – Cruise Parking

February 23, 2009 in California Hotels, Events, Family Travel, Holidays, Spring Break Vacations by Steven
Looking over last Friday’s piece on Spring Break in San Diego, we realized there was one part of the San Diego family Spring Break scene that we managed to miss completely: cruising. Along with Seattle, Galveston and Miami, San Diego is one of the biggest leisure cruise ports in the country, and every March cruisers [...]

Big Bear Ski Resort Packages

February 13, 2009 in California Hotels, Events, Family Travel, Outdoor Adventure, Sports by Steven
We found a little excitement building around our piece a couple days back on ski vacations in Salt Lake City, so we decided we had to strike that fire (or snow) again. This time we’re headed to Big Bear Lake in Southern California. An incredible four-seasons destination for outdoor enthusiasts of any measure, Big Bear Lake [...]

Haunted History – Alcatraz Island, San Francisco

February 3, 2009 in American History Tours, California Hotels, Family Travel, Ghost Tours by Steven
While Alcatraz Cruises LLC doesn’t offer ghost tours per se, the immense history and subtly haunting visage of the island’s many compounds does make for a visit that can be as chilling as it is entertaining. We’re stepping a little out of our norm here, but whether approached as haunted history or American history, Alcatraz [...]

Eat Up! – Juju Cereal Bar

January 20, 2009 in California Hotels by Steven
Presented for your approval, the greatest restaurant ever! Juju Cereal Bar in Los Angeles, California is pretty much exactly what it sounds like: it’s a restaurant that serves cereal. They serve lots of cereal. Their shelves and store room are piled high with 57 flavors of popular breakfast cereal, from Apple Jacks on down to Wheaties [...]

More Whale Watching – Dana Point, California

January 19, 2009 in California Hotels, Events, Family Travel, Outdoor Adventure, Zoos by Steven
I spent so much time in my last Whale Watching article talking about bald eagles that I almost forgot to mention the whales. For your sake and mine, I say, not this time! Another great place to go whale watching during the mid-winter, very-early-spring season is Dana Point, which is in Orange Country next to Laguna [...]

2009 British Film Festival Los Angeles (BFFLA)

January 16, 2009 in California Hotels, Events by Steven
Even though the Sundance Film Festival just kicked things off yesterday, I’m already four months ahead looking at the 2009 British Film Festival Los Angeles in Redondo Beach. That’s how “on top” of things I am. J Dozens of film festivals struggle every year to somehow attract the attention of a Sundance, Telluride or Toronto Independent, [...]

Whale Watching – Santa Barbara, California

January 8, 2009 in California Hotels, Events, Family Travel, Outdoor Adventure, Zoos by Steven
The last time I went whale watching was a great loss of innocence for me, like the time you first realize your parents aren’t perfect or that (spoilers) Santa Clause isn’t real. We weren’t thirty minutes from the coast of Juneau, Alaska when the naturalist on board the ferry pointed out a family of Bald [...]

Top American Zoos – San Diego Zoo

December 30, 2008 in California Hotels, Family Travel, Zoos by Steven
Another titan in American zoological entertainment, the San Diego Zoo is up there with the Columbus Zoo in terms of prestige and public consciousness. In fact, there are those who would claim it’s the very best in the world. Cutting out a hundred-acre swath of “America’s Finest City”, the San Diego Zoo is normal in a [...]

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