The first time I convinced my family to take me to the horse races I was twelve years old. I had on my huge nineties oversized nerdy glasses that, I can’t believe this, but are back in style here in 2023! I’m sure I could see the ponies so well behind the extremely thick plastic …
It’s time for the big storm. Is everyone ready for the big storm? Did you put your snow chains back in your Jeep? Did you stock up on almond flour at Costco? Do you have enough wine??? Big Bear Lake, California has not had a storm this wet and cold since 1977. Our small alpine …
When it comes to camping, everybody has to start somewhere. Usually, there are hijinks involved, bears break into coolers and someone always freezes their ass off. I’ve camped with a lot of newbie campers. Yes, they are usually the first ones to not listen and have the bears eat all their food the first night. …
When world travelers talk about Toronto they talk about hockey or catching a Jay’s game. They don’t mention an extremely overcrowded sweaty city with an undercurrent of social unrest building in the eves. There are not many things I miss from our adventures over two weeks in Toronto, Ontario. (I mean besides besides my boyfriend’s …
I’ve always loved the snow. Even when I was ten years old and instead of playing with my friends I was shoveling the driveway. No one in our 90’s era working-class neighborhood had a snow blower, certainly not my family. Our mountain neighborhood was always quiet when I was outdoors shoveling feet of snow, which …