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Annenberg Beach House

A few weeks ago, I assisted Maggie on a photo shoot at the Annenberg Beach House.

I read about the Annenberg Beach House YEARS ago in a little blurb in Vanity Fair ….and sine then I’ve been just waiting for a reason to go.

From their website:

The Annenberg Community Beach House at Santa [...]

Saturday afternoon in La Jolla

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 [...]

Leo Carrillo with Lori

Sunday morning when Lori was in town, Andrew also had off, so we brainstormed an activity that we could do together…

Enter: Sunday morning beach visit.

Andrew and I really enjoy going to the beach early on a weekend morning … before the bulk of the people get there.

This particular morning was *extremely* [...]

SoCal Vignettes : Elephant Seals

Elephant seals visit the coast [...]

Anniversary Day at the beach

As you may have noticed, our 4th anniversary was Nov 6 (a Friday) – and we both worked that day … we did, however, both have Sunday off together …which we spent doing our favorite things….

lie around the house drinking coffee and watching a movie … then bed-shopping …. then Malibu at sunset [...]

Snorkeling with Sharks at La Jolla Shores

The Sunday of Labor Day weekend we were down in San Diego specifically to go snorkeling with leopard sharks with Jamie and Zack and the rest of the Haugens…

Snorkeling. With. Leopard. Sharks.

Check out this blog post by photographer Chris Keeney for photos and video.

Some of my friends at work were a [...]

Haugen Family in Del Mar, CA

Labor Day weekend we invited ourselves to hang out with the Haugens in San Diego.

As soon as Andrew got off work Saturday afternoon we hopped in the car and drove down to Del Mar.

Sharon’s brother currently owns a beach house there. He is always so nice [...]