Monthly Archives: November 2013
Land of Avocados!
Welcome to San Diego County, California, land of avocados! This county grows approximately sixty percent of all of the avocados in California and California grows ninety percent of the nation’s avocado crop! Over fifteen years ago a close family member moved to rural Fallbrook in North San Diego County. This cute town sits adjacent to … Continue reading
Mazel tov!
I adore all weddings, mostly because they typically have accompanying parties and I enjoy fiestas! While traveling over the years I have made it a point to look for weddings to view. I have peeked in on them in European cathedrals and spied in on receptions at restaurants. I rarely ever turn down an invitation … Continue reading
Where Was This Photo Taken? …Can You Guess?
Looks can deceive us. Have you ever misjudged someone’s age, the weather outside when looking out from a window or in this case, a place? Twenty-eight years ago I told my Engineer boyfriend that I loved him and would follow him anywhere in the world but Texas or Palmdale, CA. I hated everything about Texas … Continue reading
Old Town San Diego – Something For Everyone!
Welcome to the “birthplace” of California! Although there are indications that the Kumeyaay people inhabited the San Diego area dating back 9000 years ago, most tend to associate the earliest inhabitants with the Spanish settlements of 1769. It was here that Father Junipero Serra established the first of 21 missions across California. Later in 1835, a Mexican adobe … Continue reading