These Are A Few Of Our Favorite Things Mai Tai Tracy’s (and Tom’s) Favorite Things December 2024 If you are in need of some ideas for gifts or stocking stuffers, for whatever it is worth, here is a list of some of our favorite things … in the kitchen or […]

Celebrating The Red, White And … Green Amerigo Vespucci Tour – San Pedro, CA July 2024 Thanks to a heads-up from my friend Denny who lives in Canada, on America’s 248th birthday, Tracy and I took a tour of a famed Italian sailing vessel bearing the moniker of the Florentine […]

Down The Rabbit Hole & Back:  MaiTaiTom’s True Near-Death Saga Many of my friends who subscribe to this website know my 2010 Hospital Journey To Hell & Back all too well (they lived this story through emails, phone calls and visits).  I was admitted to the Huntington Hospital in Pasadena on […]

Getting Tracy Off The TSA Watch List Annoyed by Secondary Screening? You May Need a Redress Number (Report by Tracy … March 2023) – I have had a Known Traveler Number through Global Entry for years, yet I was pulled out for additional screening on seven straight flights out of […]

Remi’s Ojai Outdoor Outing Ojai Deer Lodge & Ojai Olive Oil Company – Ojai Since losing Frankie to cancer in October, we try to do something exciting with Remi every weekend (at least more interesting than walking around the block).  In mid-June 2010, Tracy and I brought these two corgis […]

A Cavalcade of Colors Lightscape – Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanical Garden Visited: November 2021 Whenever I hear there’s going to be an event that includes more than one million lights (a few more than we put on our house during the holidays), it piques my curiosity. So, when […]

To Boldly Go …Star Trek: Exploring New Worlds (Skirball Cultural Center) – Los Angeles Visited: October 2021 When Tracy asked me if I wanted to visit the Skirball Cultural Center to see its temporary exhibition entitled “Star Trek: Exploring New Worlds,” just like a fully vaccinated Vulcan, I immediately knew […]

A Shot In The Arm My First Covid Vaccination Being a gentleman (bit of a stretch) of a certain age, the big question for me the past month or so has been, “When will I get my Covid vaccination?” Luckily for me, I received my first shot this week (January […]

Loves Of Our Lives! The Tale of Frankie & Remi (from the Tracy Files) I thought I would share a little backstory on how our beloved corgis Frankie and Remi came to become part of our family … In 2008, while we were on a four-week vacation, our cat that […]