California Archive

2February 3, 2012
Hidden Alcatraz: What the Tours Don’t Show You

Share Alcatraz. The Rock. A decrepit old prison stuck out on a tiny island in San Francisco Bay… a rose by any name. Most people have heard of the place…
0January 17, 2012
What It’s Like to Live in Hollywood

Share I am not an actress, nor involved in the film industry in any way, but having lived in the heart of Hollywood for over a year now, my life,…
1October 29, 2011
In Love with San Diego: A Guide to “America’s Finest City”

Share After work in San Diego, I drive further south to an apartment I rent in El Cajon. While driving south down Highway 5 while on the phone with a…
0September 25, 2011
Borrego Springs, CA: Prehistoric Creatures in the Middle of Nowhere

Share Alfred Hitchcock would feel downright cozy in this surreal town of a few thousand people three hours northeast from Los Angeles. Low season during the summer in Borrego Springs,…
3August 11, 2011
Sonoma, CA: Food Artisans Lead the Way to Reviving U.S. Economy

Share Beyond wine country, Sonoma County represents a profound philosophy of living, a vision of utopia of sorts and an example to the rest of the country. To me, Sonoma…
4May 9, 2011
Point Lobos, California: Find a More Beautiful Place…I Dare you

Share The sky is clear today, the water below as well, the water is generally like this here but the sky that breeds the Spanish Moss draped on the Oaks…
1April 12, 2011
Life on the Road: A Touring Band’s American Adventure [Vol 6: The Bay Area, California]

Share A six-week tour is the best thing in the world. It is full of music, new friends, old friends, trying different kinds of regional foods, and exploring the entire…
4April 4, 2011
The Lower Haight: The Other Side of San Francisco’s Hippie Haven

Share I was only 15 years old the first time I visited Haight St in San Francisco. With long blond hair down to my shoulders, nine or so piercings and…
14September 2, 2010
Hermosa Beach, California: Why it’s the New Home of the Rich and Single

Share I live here. It will be a year in September 2010 that I have called Hermosa my home. I love it. Let’s put it in real simple terms: Beach,…
0August 20, 2010
Santa Barbara, California: Biking Through the American Riviera

Share After leaving Esau’s on State Street, in my opinion the finest chicken fried steak on the west coast; I walked out the door and looked State Street up and…
0August 9, 2010
Malibu, California: 27 Miles of Beauty-Licious Coastline

Share In my humble opinion, Malibu, California is one of the most beautiful places on earth. There are numerous different beaches (including the beaches from the Sandra Dee and Elvis…
0July 20, 2010
Hollywood 101 (Intro To Music)

Share There are many scenes in Hollywood from zootsuits to hipsters, and all the way from hippies to “gangstas”. Inside each scene you have 3 types of people: Locals, Suburbanites,…
0July 15, 2010
Venice Beach, California: Why it’s Not Just for Liberals

Share If you are planning a visit to Southern California, you mustn’t miss Venice Beach! Starting at Windward Ave. and ending three quarters of a mile later at Navy Ave.,…
2June 24, 2010
Tours of San Francisco’s Most Dangerous Neighborhood, the Tenderloin

Share If there was ever a city radical enough to conjure up an idea like this, it would be San Francisco. The city by the Bay has long been known…