I love visiting a city when I get to hang out with people who actually live there. They tell you all sorts of timely, local gossip. Plus, they make sure you eat good stuff.
My L.A. family certainly didn’t take me to the trendiest, spendiest restaurants in town, but I don’t tend to like those [...]

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Of all the places I have traveled, I’ve never traveled to Venice — Italy or L.A.
Today that changed. Now I can say I’ve been there, at least California style.
Considering the rush and jumble seemingly all of West L.A. has to offer, the Monday morning canals of Venice were a pleasantly cool and calm [...]

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A long time ago, when I was a young girl, my parents took me to the Le Brea Tar Pits during a family trip to L.A.
I have no idea how old I was, elementary aged for sure. Yet the museum made an impression on me.
Saber tooth tigers stuck forever in bubbling pools of [...]

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I’ve come to L.A. for a visit with family. I’m feeling lucky to have gotten out of Minneapolis. It’s sleeting and snowing in Minnesota, but hot and sunny in the city of angels.
I’m also feeling groovy, thanks to the photo booth program on my sister-in-law’s Mac. It provided lots of good fun as we [...]

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