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The Great Wall of Los Angeles

May 10, 2025

Before we moved back to Los Angeles, I created a wish list of things I wanted to do. And I keep adding to it. I added the Great Wall of Los Angeles after reading about it in an article of free things to do here. This freebie is so cool!! Created by SPARC, Social and … More The Great Wall of Los Angeles

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Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens

April 24, 2025

Continuing our exploration of our new digs in Los Angeles, we spent a warm spring morning at the zoo. I remember riding my bike with my best friend when we were teenagers from our houses in the middle of the San Fernando Valley to the zoo! I have pictures of that trip somewhere. The entrance … More Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens

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Los Angeles Arboretum and Botanic Garden

April 5, 2025

To escape from the news, how about a summary and photos of a beautiful place to visit: the L.A. Arboretum and Botanic Garden. We’re loving how many things there are to do here in Los Angeles. Early last month we visited the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. If you missed that post, you can … More Los Angeles Arboretum and Botanic Garden

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Los Angeles County Museum of Art

March 16, 2025

Now that we are mostly settled in our new life in Los Angeles, it’s time to explore! We visited the L.A. County Museum of Art(LACMA) on a rainy weekday and found that neither of us remembered anything about this fine museum. Nothing was familiar which made it more of an adventure. We planned our outing … More Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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My 2024 in Photos

February 2, 2025

I had the best of intentions to get my recap of last year in photos out the first week of January and I did get it started. But the catastrophic fires in Los Angeles took center stage for over a week. It was pretty horrible and hard to watch my city burn and all the … More My 2024 in Photos

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We made it to Los Angeles!

December 20, 2024

And what a journey it was! Truth be told, everything went off without a hitch and we’re amazed and so grateful. In case you missed my post about moving to L.A., click this link to read all about our decision to move back to Los Angeles. Following is a recap of our 7 night, 8 … More We made it to Los Angeles!

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The Minnesota State Fair like no other

September 22, 2024

For as long as we’ve lived in Minnesota we have always gone to the fair on opening day. And so we did again this year but this year was different because it is the last in this series as we are moving away from Minnesota. If you hadn’t heard, we are moving back to Los … More The Minnesota State Fair like no other

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