Just seeing all the decorations at this time of year always makes me feel festive.
So whatever you celebrate join me on a little seasonal tour around Southern California.
In a normal year, one of my favorite places to visit during the holiday season Is Terranea, they decorate so beautifully and I love that big tree they usually have out on the lawn.
Read MoreIn 1892, William, Joseph, and Hancock Banning, sons of Phineas Banning, “The Father of the Port of Los Angeles”, purchased Santa Catalina Island from George Shatto.
Read MoreThe RMS Queen Mary is the last survivor of the golden age of ocean liners. She was a symbol to many of hope for the future out of the depression, and eventually became even more symbolic after World War II. She now sits docked in Long Beach as a historical landmark, hotel, museum, and events venue, still a sight to behold, celebrating the 90th anniversary of the beginning of her construction, December 1, 1930.
Read MoreThe Ricotta Cheese Bread Twist can be a nice addition to a charcuterie board or complimentary side dish to your favorite soup or Cioppino Seafood Stew.
Read MoreGrowing up, I absolutely loved watching “I Love Lucy.” Lucille Ball was the quintessential comedian. Hilarious and quick-witted, stylish and graceful with never a hair out of place. I used to dream of growing up in the fabulous fifties. The good ole days when women got dressed up to go to the corner store and where dinner at a friend’s apartment was an elegant affair.
Read MoreThe Los Angeles area has many art collectors with noteworthy collections that the public does not always get to see unless they are loaned to a museum. One unusual collector – a public high school – has some of its treasured paintings
Read MoreMy journey was one of self-teaching. Classroom settings were not really for me so I had no formal photography training. Instead, I learned by observing and reading. I read all I could get my hands on regarding photography, and studied photographers I admired. Ansel Adams’s black and white photos come to mind. How did the photographer apply what I had read about, as far as, rules of composition, use of lighting and subjects?
Read MoreParallel Earths entered comic book lore in Wonder Woman #59, published in 1953. In the story Wonder Woman is holding her magic lasso when it’s struck by lightning, and “the strange mix of energies sends her to a strange reality where she encounters an identical double.” Over several decades parallel earths evolved into the multiverse, an infinite playground “where we get to remember that comics and superheroes can do and be anything. It’s where we get to embrace the sheer fun of asking hey, what if Batman met a version of himself who was really a vampire?”
Read MoreLas Candalistas Holiday Boutique November 19th!
Read MoreMusic for Mutts and Meow-ers
Read More1. BE A GOOD FRIEND
What qualities do you want in a friend? Do you demonstrate them yourself? If not, improve your behaviors and attitudes. Monkey see, monkey do; if you want a friend, you need to be one. Start by being a good friend to yourself. When you respect your own beauty and uniqueness, it makes it easier to appreciate others’ beauty and uniqueness. Friends, family and mates bring out your best and worst so you can learn how to love. Relationships require you to look at your “stuff.” When you observe yourself in relationship with others, in good times and bad, you grow in wisdom and peace and are better equipped to have fun and love.
Read MoreThose of us who love the Palos Verdes Peninsula know that it’s a wondrous place with many stories and traditions. There’s the story of the Tongva and the Chumash tribes. Russian and Aleutian fur traders, Portuguese and Spanish explorers, the Vanderlip family, California surfing history… all are part of PV tradition.
Read MoreNovember 19 marks the 159th anniversary of the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg. The Gettysburg National Cemetery is famous throughout the world today as the site of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, delivered at the cemetery's dedication ceremonies four and a half months after the battle. Numerous events take place each year to commemorate this monumental anniversary.
Read MoreDocent Orientation (Virtual) – Thursday, December 8th, 12pm – 1:30pm. Join us and learn how you can share your love of nature with others! Sign up at https://pvplc.volunteerhub.com/.
Read MoreVictorian Christmas at the Banning Museum December 3, 2022
Read MoreThe Los Angeles Maritime Museum is known for its large collection of nautical artifacts and photographs, but did you know that several Christmas-themed items can be found in the permanent collection as well? Topics include holidays at Sea, unusual ornaments, and how a lowly garbage scow won the grand prize in a boat parade….
Read MoreThere was a 3rd Annual South Bay Witches Paddle, which took to the waves near Redondo Beach on Saturday, Oct. 29 2022 by the Portofino Hotel & Marina.
Read MoreSome Palos Verdes locals may know Chuck Dickerson as a long-time music director at Rolling Hills United Methodist Church, but as I learned in our recent conversation, this multi-talented man is involved in many other projects.
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