Irvine Highlights

Pretend City Children’s Museum is a non-profit educational institution that is fun for the whole family. The mini-city includes a grocery store (with real products to shop for), beach, cafe, art studio, post office, farm, construction site and more. The…

Categories: california, drink, events

Interesting LA Foods

1 One of my favorites, from Chef Jose Andreas at The Bazaar at SLS Hotel is Cotton Candy Foie Gras.   2 The Chili Donut is brought to you by chef Aaron Robins and is three donut holes filled with tangy mustard, spicy chili and Kobe beef.…

Categories: california, food

Bed Bugs Be Gone!

“Night Night, Don’t let the bed bugs bite” has taken on a whole new meaning with the recent outbreak spanning coast-to-coast. Thirty years ago, bed bugs were thought to be exterminated nationwide, but in the recent months have come back in full…

Categories: health, travel, travel tips

Red O

In Los Angeles, not only are people sentenced to 15 minutes of fame, but so are the hot spots. This week we decided to hit up Red O, the much-anticipated upscale Mexican restaurant brought to California from Chicago by master Chef Rick Bayless.…

Fashion Travels

A big week for the fashion and entertainment industries, with New York fashion week September 9th-16th, Fashion’s Night Out September 10th, and the MTV VMA’s in Los Angeles on September 12th. Fashion week dazzles New York City with great shows, fabulous parties, world-class food and top-notch shopping…

Categories: beauty, california, drink

Vermont Hightlights

Clean air. Beautiful views. Miles of untouched lush landscape. Welcome to the small state of Vermont. The second least populated state with less than 700,000 people, Vermont is the only New England state with no coastline along the Atlantic Ocean.  Rich in…

Top 3 Best Kept Secrets About Vietnam

Secret #1: Vietnam is still an untouched paradise. The city center is filled with thousands of citizens hurrying about on their way, sometimes 2, 3 and 4 people to a bike, and the beaches look like they have yet to…

Categories: food, travel, travel tips

Travel and the 100 Thing Challenge

I have always thought of myself as a bit of a minimalist. I have always hated cluttered, useless stuff and “knick knacks”. I will always be more comfortable in a hotel room than an 18-room mansion. Imagine my surprise after opening…

Categories: life, my life, travel

Clean Water Campaign

One thing you learn while you are traveling the world is that as Americans we sometimes take things for granted. One of these things would be clean water. Almost one billion people on the planet do not have access to…

Categories: charity