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 […]

Passport To Disaster! Get Your Travel Affairs In Order “Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale A tale of a fateful trip …”   Ok, now that you have that TV theme song firmly planted in your head for the rest of the day, let’s get to the […]

‘Tis The Season For Lights Grand Park’s Winter Glow & Music Center’s Illuminated Tree Forest – Los Angeles, CA Since I am still technically still on the Injured List this holiday season and unable to drive due to recovering from knee replacement surgery, Tracy is my pulse on what’s going […]

The Birds and The Bees and The Caterpillars … Celebrating National Pollinator Month June is National Pollinator Month (June 17-23 is Pollinator Week 2019), so I thought I would share some photos from our garden, as well as a little background on why I love to garden.       […]

Night Lights Moonlight Forest/Magic Lantern Art Festival – Arcadia, CA Tracy and I have seen the light.  Actually, we have seen the lights.  On a smokey (thanks to Southern California’s massive wildfires) evening, we traveled to the Los Angeles County Arboretum in Arcadia to walk through the Moonlight Forest/Magic Lantern […]

“He Gave His Life For Tourism” King Tut: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh – Los Angeles (EXHIBITION CLOSED) Visited: April 2018: Although no “condo made of stone-a” could be found, Tracy and I recently had the opportunity to witness more than 150 ancient Egyptian artifacts from the tomb of the […]

I Can Hear Music! Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) – Phoenix, AZ Visited: March 2018 On my recent Spring Training outing to the Phoenix area, I asked my friend Jeff if there was a museum he could recommend while I visited. Without hesitation and knowing my passion for music, he replied, […]

Failure Is A Success! Museum of Failure – Los Angeles, California (Coming to San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf – April 11, 2025) (Below is my report of our 2018 visit to the Museum of Failure in Los Angeles in 2018)  The Edsel? Swedish Fish Oreos? Betamax? Colgate Beef Lasagna?  There are […]