Hearst Castle, near the central coast, is one of the most amazing spots in California. It was created by William Randolph Hearst and architect Julia Morgan and completed in the mid 1940s. One could wander the house and gardens almost endlessly and never tire of the experience. I’ve been lucky enough to visit twice, but it remains near the top of […]
According to Wikipedia, the city of Grapevine, Texas, has plenty of history behind it, including personages as diverse as General Sam Houston and Henry Methvin, an associate of Bonnie and Clyde. What I actually know about Grapevine is that there’s a Bass Pro Shops store there, and that Willhoite’s on Main Street is a really good place to eat lunch, […]
In September 2015, the new Bass Pro Shops store opened in Rocklin, California — only a short 15- to 20-minute drive from our house. Since the Big Guy is a serious bass fisherman, he had already been a customer; and one of the regular features of our December trips to Texas was always a Christmas Eve visit to Bass Pro […]
June 1978 — We spent two very full days in Victoria, and I’m certain we still missed a lot of great sights there. The Rolls Royce shown above was parked near the Royal London Wax Museum (which sadly, I just learned, was closed in September 2010); we didn’t pay to go inside, but I was entranced by the figure of […]
The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Old and New. You can have old and new objects in the same photo. Or you can have at least one photo of a very old item and one photo of a very new item in your photo. What I am looking for is great contrast. Use your imagination if you want for this […]
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of December 30, 2016: This week, share a photo of something that says “resilient” to you. It could be a local landmark that has survived through the decades (or centuries), or a portrait of a person you know who never gives up. You could snap an image of a bed of […]
Outside the museum…
Join Huell as he learns about the sometimes-controversial history of this California landmark and gets a very special tour, including a vertigo-inducing trip to the very top of the spire which is set against the San Francisco skyline… This is another one of my favorite episodes — partly because I enjoy watching just about anything to do with San Francisco. It’s […]