
The Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island
These flowers were the first blooms we noticed when we started strolling the Bloedel Reserve, a 150-acre garden on Bainbridge…
Digging for Outdoor Living Ideas and Adventures
These flowers were the first blooms we noticed when we started strolling the Bloedel Reserve, a 150-acre garden on Bainbridge…
My husband got tickets to see Lucinda Williams last weekend at one of our favorite venues, called the Belly…
I hate to admit how long it had been since I ventured outside the Orange Curtain. (Yup, that’s me…
My friend, Cari, invited me to join her on a tour of the Salk Institute last month. I had…
If you haven’t caught the vintage trailer bug yet, here’s some shots from the 2014 Vintage Trailer Show in…
Our daughter has been teaching English in Santiago, Chile, since the beginning of the year, so we jumped on the…
Fall at The Weathersfield Inn in Vermont During our yearly visit back east to spend time at our…
At the very end of 2012, we bought our first vintage camper: A 1988 Perris Pacer fiberglass “egg” camper. I…
We have had several weeks of stunning sunsets here in Southern California. I live up a hill from my hometown…
I’ve been VERY lazy lately, but I knew anyone following Laguna Dirt would want to know about a fun event…
I’ve known about The Ecology Center for a number of years now, but never stopped by to visit. It’s…
Welcome to The Succulent Cafe! My husband and I wandered into this little gem of a cafe in Oceanside,…
Have you heard about Slow Food? We learned about this group from a foodie friend in Laguna about a year…
My friend Jill warned me about camping down at Trails, which are the gorgeous, remote surf beaches at the southern…
For some unexplainable reason, I have never been to the Venice Home and Garden Tour. I’ve always had a…
We’ve all read the alarming news about the decline of bees, especially the honeybees we rely upon to pollinate…
Sunset Magazine Garden Book Contest! With all the great outdoor living ideas and images floating around the Internet these…
Driving down PCH the other day, I did a double take of one of the storefronts off our busy…
Ever since I started my search for a vintage fiberglass camper, I imagined taking it to our nearby state…
I was so bummed that I had to miss the Vintage Trailer Show during Modernism Week in Palm Springs…