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Jul
1
2024
Colorful tables and chairs and additional stores at the Original Farmers Market L.A.

Original Farmers Market L.A.

I love a good farmers market and the Original Farmers Market L.A. is one of the best ever! Original Farmers Market L.A. It doesn’t take much of a reason for me to want to go to Los Angeles. So as soon as I read that the Original Farmers Market was open everyday,...
Jun
27
2024
Pancake for Brunch at Crazy Otto's Diner with 3 black cups of syrup and butter/

Brunch at Crazy Otto’s Diner

Brunch at Crazy Otto’s Diner in Santa Clarita was a treat for many reasons. The food was plentiful and it was very tasty. But most importantly it was enjoyed with our crazy, wonderful friend Preston. How we met Preston I know I’ve mentioned Preston and his...
Jun
24
2024
White food truck with colorful stickers and Steve getting in line to order food.

Kogi Food Truck in Pasadena CA

While in Redlands CA for a month visiting with my cousins, we all went to a wonderful art show in Pasadena. We assumed that there would be food trucks or concessions so decided to eat lunch while meandering through the show booths. To our surprise we spied the Kogi...
Jun
20
2024
Plate topped with potato latke, smoked salmon, poached egg with runny yolk and pickled red onions at Moonlark's Dinette The Hoxton LA

Moonlark’s Dinette The Hoxton LA

After the exciting art show featuring paintings of my uncle and cousin, we had dinner at Moonlark’s Dinette at The Hoxton in downtown LA. Since Wallace May’s art exhibit was at the stunning Hoxton hotel, we decided to fill our bellies right there....
Jun
17
2024
Special Art Show in LA featuring a painting of my Uncle Mike that Steve and I are pointing to.

Special Art Show in LA

About a month before we were to arrive in Redlands CA to visit my cousin Gail and her husband, she sent me a text about a Special Art Show in LA. Gail wanted to know if we would like to attend with them. When I saw the artist’s Instagram post for her show, I...
Jun
13
2024
Garlic Horseradish Mashed Potatoes topped with a pat of melting butter sit next to sliced steak on a plate with a yellow and blue rim.

Garlic Horseradish Mashed Potatoes

Garlic Horseradish Mashed Potatoes is the perfect side kick for any steak, especially the San Diego Style Grilled Tri-Tip. When we purchased the marinated tri-tip from the butcher at Seaside Market in Cardiff, CA, he handed me a little booklet that included ways to...
Jun
10
2024
Sliced San Diego Style Grilled Tri-Tip cooked medium rare and sitting on a wood cutting board

San Diego Style Grilled Tri-Tip

Have you ever made a California cut of meat called Tri-Tip? The Traveling Locavores made their first San Diego style grilled Tri-Tip while in Temecula, and it was OUTSTANDING! Steve and I drove to San Diego for the day, to visit my cousin Donna and her beau. I know. I...
Jun
6
2024
Seagull rests on a buoy in the middle of Lake Skinner Temecula CA

Lake Skinner Temecula CA

For several years Steve and I had been hearing that Temecula was a gorgeous place to visit. We finally got to experience it for ourselves with a week stay at Lake Skinner Campgrounds just outside of  Temecula CA. Temecula first came on our radar when friends from the...
May
30
2024
Gorgeous green lake surrounded by desert and mountains during our visit to Beautiful Lake Havasu Arizona

Beautiful Lake Havasu Arizona

We had heard so much about beautiful Lake Havasu, Arizona; that we knew we wanted to visit. While staying in Quartzite we were only an hour and a half away. *** Something weird happened with my scheduling and this post did not publish when it was supposed to! This one...
May
27
2024
American flag and words about Memorial Day 2024

Memorial Day 2024

Memorial Day 2024, as every year, is set aside as a day for remembering and honoring military personnel who died in the service of our country, particularly those who died in battle or as a result of wounds sustained in battle. Most of us will embrace the holiday by...
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