About every other year, or every third year, Alex and I go “glamping” in Sequoia National Park. I say glamping- glamorous camping- because Continue reading
Victory Gardens
In the past week, we’ve had two winners announced. Wayne & Merle won one of The Most Beautiful Yard Awards for Santa Ana for 2016, and Joe & Chela won the Roger’s Gardens 2016 California Friendly Garden Contest. We watched as both of these couples designed, Continue reading
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Boat Drinks
Friday afternoon, we got an email from our neighbors, which read something like this:
- Very late notice, but we’ll be hanging out on our boat in Newport Sunday and would love to have you join us if you have no other plans. Give us a ring/test and we’ll pick you up dockside to take you out to our boat. We’ll have some food, music & drinks and watch the sun set over the bay. Feel free to bring a friend. Hope you can make it!
My thoughts went like this: Continue reading
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Floatin’
On the first night of “Glamping”, we were the host for the evening’s campfire, and we were going to have dessert together with the whole family. An, our nephew’s girlfriend, asked if we had any dessert planned. We did not, so she smiled and said, we have a dessert. Continue reading
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Shareable Moments: June 2016
The summer is heating up, and so is my inspiration. Here’s what kept me busy and inspired this month! Continue reading
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Heat Wave
Our house doesn’t have any air conditioning. Ironically, the Tap Room does. Therefore, when temperatures hit 119 degrees in Orange County, we left the not so comfortable home and headed to the Tap Room where it was cool. Thankfully, my aunt had given me a fryer which I quickly hooked up and used as an impromptu kitchen in the coolness of the tap room. Bonus: Continue reading
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Leaving our mark
For Father’s day this year, my whole family was all together. This is unique because my stepsister just moved back from Hawaii, so my stepdad has been without his daughter on Father’s day for a good 15 years or so. I’m sure he’s delighted she’s back in town. Given 1) we live in SoCal, 2) it was blazing hot inland, and 3) my parents are fortunate enough to own a sailboat, we all headed to the docks for a little sipping and sailing. Continue reading
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Giving Thanks
A funny thing started to happen after we moved into the neighborhood. Little notes began appearing in our mailbox. Like the actual mailbox- not the email box. Remember those? Continue reading
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We are Santa Ana
As usually happens when you meet a new acquaintance, they ask where you live. The conversations goes like this:
- Me: “Hi, nice to meet you.”
- Acquaintance: “Nice to meet you as well, are you from around here?”
- Me: “Yes, I’ve always lived in Orange County. I grew up and still live in Santa Ana.”
- Acquaintance: “Oh. Really?? (Insert incredulous look of surprise here. End conversation about residences.)”
Santa Ana gets a bad rap. Just like any suburban/urban city, Continue reading
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Chocolate Fix
Occasionally, I NEED chocolate. Therefore, I keep chocolate chips in the Well Stocked Pantry for just those moments. The other night, the need arose and chocolate was there. Continue reading
Neighborly Life 