You may have heard that oil wells are a Southern California thing, and the discovery of gold happened in the foothills of Northern California. Well, in this episode of California’s Gold we learn that just the opposite is true! The fact is that gold was first discovered on a quiet little rancho just north of Los Angeles; and the location […]
I’m a little embarassed to admit that after living my entire life in the Sacramento area, I had never actually visited the state capitol building until today. I became inspired to go explore it on Tuesday after watching this episode of California’s Gold, and I have to say I was not disappointed. In fact, I’m already looking forward to my […]
Back in October 1995, I spent a day in San Francisco with my friend Julie. I’m pretty sure we both had a good time, although to be honest I don’t remember all the details of our rather haphazard excursion. Luckily I wrote about that day in my journal. I did take pictures, but my photography skills weren’t the greatest and […]
The theme of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Letter D – 4 letters words that start with D. You can always use adjectives and adverbs with a specific topic just make sure you give us the word that fits the requirements of this challenge. Feel free to use your native language as your inspiration for this challenge, just […]
The theme of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is all about fire fighting! This week the topic is Fire Trucks, Fire Houses, Fire Hydrant — basically anything to do with putting fires out. Abandoned Station #33, with flagpole, blank red sign, and two fire hydrants:
Sutter Street has gone through many changes since the 1850s. I’m quite interested in the story behind this building, located in Historic Folsom on the corner of Sutter and Riley streets. The green building in the background is the Folsom Hotel; its history is easier to dig up (I plan to post about that in the near future). But Google […]
I spent my Thursday traipsing around downtown Sacramento. I don’t actually go there too often these days, although back in the 1990s I worked at the Central Library for awhile. I wanted to visit the Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park. Sadly, I wasn’t allowed to take many pictures inside, but I’m still glad I went. Plus I always enjoy […]
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 […]