August 7, 2016

Wolfgang Puck Express Los Angeles Airport (LAX), LA USA

We needed a break. We needed some relaxation away from home. Our last time flying somewhere for vacation, just the two of us, was when we went to Hawaii for New Years. How fitting that we would choose the same destination to go to, just as spontaneously as before. We used a combination of United, […]

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July 5, 2016

Hotel del Coronado, San Diego, CA

When I received the email notifying us the office was closed Monday, it occurred to me we had no Fourth of July plans. I was not prepared for this moment. Fortunately Rachel was full of ideas, and 3 hours of research later, we were booked to go to San Diego. Even though it was only […]

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May 15, 2016

The Peninsula Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA USA

Lunch at the rooftop restaurant (The Roof Garden) of the Peninsula in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles. With the pool behind us and business meetings in bathing suits surrounding us, I dined with a newly acquainted friend who had called this hotel home for quite some time at one point. While no club sandwich was found […]

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March 20, 2016

Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA USA

Our first relaxing Saturday afternoon in Pasadena together in months… and we were bored. Our lives are constantly moving and sitting around the apartment all day just doesn’t appeal to us. TripAdvisor revealed the Norton Simon Museum is the #1 attraction in this area, so we threw on some clothes and made the 5 minute […]

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February 22, 2016

Ojai Valley Inn and SPA, Ojai, CA USA

Pure relaxation. Full of energy. Ojai was everything everyone described it would be. Even in the middle of January. Though I could not see any of the mountains or farms that I would gaze at on the daytime ride back, I knew I was in for something special as I wound through the hills on 150 East […]

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January 31, 2016

Moana Surfrider, Waikiki Beach, HI USA

No plans for New Years.  Was I excited to watch the Rose Parade early January first? Sure, our new apartment was only two blocks from the route in Pasadena, a fact that would apparently arouse excitement in hundreds of thousands if not millions of Americans, however Rachel and I weren’t exactly part of that group. Perhaps […]

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