Sure, you have to buy the tickets month in advance, but that didn't stop us from [finally] setting foot on Alcatraz Island just before w...

Whereas J had always wanted to go to the San Diego Zoo , I have wanted to see Joshua Tree National Park for a long time now. Of course, in ...

We spent a down-day staying at our hotel in Oceanside, after all that walking around theme parks and LA . We had brunch in the quaint littl...

Truth be told, we only did one day in Los Angeles: the Paramount Studios Tour (movie facades on a golf cart tour!), Hollywood Stars, Chinese...