“I Can See Russia From My Car” Fort Ross and The Sonoma Coast Starting in the 1740s, frontiersmen from Russia left the Siberian wilderness to look for fur-bearing marine mammals to the east. They first formed a colony in Kodiak, which today is Alaska. The organization was known as the […]

Hip To Be Square Sonoma Square & Surroundings – Sonoma Always a nice stop for an hour or two when in the area, the Sonoma Square (or Plaza) is an eight-acre National Historic Monument.  It was designed 170 years ago by the Mexican Governor at the time, Mariano Vallejo.   […]

A Bridge That Spans The Decades Colorado Street Bridge & The Lower Arroyo Seco Trail – Pasadena Sunday mornings mean “Adventure Time” for our two Corgis, and one spot we all like to go is the nearby Lower Arroyo Seco Trail, where there are numerous good vantage points to get […]

Fork It Over! The Fork In The Road – Pasadena What do you do when you come to a fork in the road? Get out of the car and take a photo, that’s what. A weird moment occurred a couple of years ago as I drove on Pasadena Avenue north […]

Flying High Portal Of The Folded Wing – North Hollywood I’m guessing that any of you who have flown in and out of Bob Hope Airport in Burbank have never traveled the short distance to see The Portal Of The Folded Wings in Valhalla Memorial Park. I hadn’t either until […]

“Da Plane!  Da Plane!”Starfighter – George Izay Park – Burbank After driving by this airplane in George Izay Park on Olive Avenue for years on my way to work, I decided I should try and at least find something out about its origin. As it turned out, historical details are […]

Frankie and Remi’s Excellent Adventure Caltech Olive Walk – Pasadena Although not smart enough to ever attend the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) as a student, I (and anyone else) can visit Pasadena’s prestigious university. One way to enjoy the campus is to take the Olive Walk. It is called […]