Street Dogs + Camping = Good Times
One of my favorites places to go to as a child was Carpinteria State Beach, just twelve miles south of Santa Barbara. You can get camping spots there for pretty cheap and my parents would load up all the kids, a few pots and pans, our green canvas tent and take off. A lot of [...]
Santa Ines Mission in California
On our recent wine-tasting trip to Solvang, we stopped for an ad-hoc history lesson at the Santa Ines mission. As an Australian, my knowledge of what went down during the colonization of the “Wild West” is pretty limited. If nothing else, the visit certainly encouraged me to learn more about the intricate past of this [...]
Solvang – Danish Wine Town in California
After a few months apart on different sides of the world, we recently reunited in Jess’ home city of Los Angeles. To mark the occasion, we got away for a couple of days to indulge in a spot of wine-tasting. It was a bit of a change from our normal beer guzzling and cocktail mixing [...]
