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Andrew made plans to see some of his friends play a concert the first weekend of December.
Of course, this concert was in San Francisco.
Only Andrew would look at the calendar, see he has about 48 hours off of work and turn that into a quick trip to visit friends!
We left L.A. [...]
One of my favorite newer Autumn traditions has been visiting a corn maze!!
This is something neither Andrew nor I did growing up, but when we lived in Arizona, Michelle introduced us to the wonder and glory of navigating a corn maze after dark …
Last year (2010) Tucson corn maze (2007) Tucson corn [...]
My mom is always finding some kind of travel deal, so about a week ago she and my dad came out to La Jolla where they had a free room at a hotel.
Deal city.
Andrew and I drove down on the Saturday to spend the afternoon and evening with them…
Time for the [...]
Andrew and his co-workers watch Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives during their lunch …. One of the great things about living in Los Angeles is so many of these well-known foodie places are within driving distance.
One of the ones from that show – Schooner or Later – is down south [...]
When my family is in town all I want to do is take them to all the good food places we visit…..
So after visiting LA Renegade, Andrew and I finagled a trip to The Stand on Ventura.
For whatever reason, the weekend my parents were in town, Los Angeles FORGOT that it was December….
That Sunday (mid-way through December) it was something absurd like 85 degrees out. Yuck. I am not a fan of heat.
But, since it was “so nice outside” (my mother’s words) we thought we should all go [...]
Last week Andrew and I made a trip down to Burbank for a little Christmas shopping …. We stopped by IKEA and the $1 bookstore to browse.
The $1 bookstore selection was a bit disappointing – the price point makes up for it, though.
Since we were looking [...]
Ah…. pumpkin patches…
Last year we went to Lombardi Ranch … this year – there’s a pumpkin patch just almost down the street from us.
Pierce College (a local community college) has an agricultural program, with a corn field, strawberries and all … Turns out they also do a pumpkin patch in the fall.
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The final group of photos from the ACE Hotel in Palm Springs ….
The grounds of this hotel are amazing …
I love the white buildings with the orange doors, accented with green ivy….
Relaxing, central, social parts of the ACE Hotel grounds….
The large, main pool first …
totally crowded on a Saturday afternoon …
Somehow reminds me of some 1960s pool party movie ….
While I took a ton of images, I could never have gotten photos of all the amazingly adorable details built into the design and decor of the ACE hotel room.
The ACE Hotel in Palm Springs has such a fresh, modern+mid-century feel to it. ……
love love love.
I got tons of decor ideas [...]
sidenote before I forget:
There are more photos of me over at Making Me Cranky. Andrew never remembers to take photos. Thank goodness Maggie does. From Saturday and Sunday
Sunday morning at the ACE Hotel …… I slept in. Why? BECAUSE WE WERE ON FAKE-CATION!
Andrew, the maniac, got up at something like [...]
Saturday night at the ACE …
So. Turns out at the ACE Hotel they offer all kind of cool things like bike rentals and grill rentals for your patio.
Ridiculously awesome, right? Love love love…
So, we had the brilliant idea to rent a grill and go to the grocery store to get steak, [...]
SO. I love the ACE Hotel in Palm Springs.
Period. The End.
We headed out there for a weekend in September. The last weekend before the ‘official’ turn into fall.
Palm Springs is perfect for a fake-cation …. it’s only a couple hours away so we were able to go just for a weekend [...]
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