Oh, Big Bear Lake. The land of tall pines, crisp mountain air, and apparently… grown adults melting down because their iPhones have suddenly become overpriced calculators. Yep, the entire town lost cell service today. Not just a dead zone on the way to your Airbnb in Moonridge. Not just your cousin’s phone with “mysterious roaming …
I hate to be “that neighbor,” but when your dogs have been howling like they’re reenacting a Sarah McLachlan ASPCA commercial for three straight nights because you went on a “quick weekend getaway” and left them outside in coyote territory like you’re filming Survivor: Backyard Edition? Oh honey. I will call code enforcement. I will …
April days may mean spring showers. Or foggy, rainy spring days may mean great weather for creating a Venison Curry. It’s hard to say what the weather will be like in April in this mountain town. It could be seventy degrees out and I could bike ten miles back to Holcomb Valley with my adventure …
It’s finally starting to feel like the holidays here at over six thousand feet. Our mountain town in southern California is covered in the first dusting of fresh snow. Nothing brings joy to my heart like fresh snow. Okay, maybe deep-fried potatoes bring me a lot of happiness. Indulge in starchy goodness It’s okay, you …
Jaw-droppingly gorgeous days in the mountains like today make me have one thought. I fucking hate California. How can I live in such an unworldly beautiful place and not be able to enjoy it because all of my hidden wilderness spaces are covered in graffiti? Welcome to life in 2023. Criminals do what they want, …