I haven’t been able to blog on a regular basis lately (although I still hope to get back to a more normal routine at some point), but a few months ago I made a note in my calendar to feature this specific episode of Visiting on September 17. It’s now been 238 years since the U.S. Constitution was signed by […]
The world has changed quite a lot since this episode of Visiting first aired in November 2002; but the Orange County Model Sailing Club is still going strong and continue to meet on a regular basis at the same lake where Huell encountered them. I can’t help but admire all the hard work and serious attention to detail that goes […]
Today, an hour-long episode of Visiting — first aired in August 1997 — has Huell taking a whirlwind tour of Los Angeles to learn about just a few of the many statues and monuments adorning the city. From the giant equestrian statue on a traffic island to the bronze busts in Lincoln Park to the tiny figurine in memory of […]
You’ve probably noticed that my regular Wednesday posts have been missing since early March. I never intended to discontinue them but the past three months have been filled with distractions and uncertainty; now I’m hoping things will settle back into a more normal routine and I can pick up where I left off. With that being said, this week I […]
Although this one-hour episode of Visiting originally aired in August 2006, I do feel like it’s fitting, as we say hello to a brand new year, to take a long look at the the stars that surround us, to consider our place in the universe, and to ponder where we have been and where we are going. Another more personal […]
I sometimes wonder why Huell is often so worried about “giving away” the point of the show when the title itself is a huge clue! But either way, Huell has a lot of fun in this musical episode of Visiting which originally aired back in October 2000. And while the blurb below mentions Schroeder from Charles Schulz’ Peanuts cartoon, I […]
Concrete boats was not an entirely new concept to me, but until watching this episode of Visiting, originally aired March 2002, I never realized their construction was such a high-tech and complicated endeavor. This ASCE competition for engineering students started in 1988 and is still going on in 2024. The winners of this year’s finals competition were the University of […]
Although Huell’s focus was mainly on the places and people of California, there were a few instances when he ventured further afield. This one-hour episode of Visiting, originally aired in April 1997, is a perfect example — and with Thanksgiving in the U.S. this week, as well as wintery weather arriving in much of the Northern Hemisphere, I decided it […]
A couple of years ago I bought journalist Sean Flynn’s book Why Peacocks? as a gift for my mom, and I finally got around to reading it myself, finishing it early last week. In one chapter the author talks about Lucky Baldwin and the fact that he was responsible for introducing six Indian Blue peafowl to his Southern California ranch […]