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Free Malibu Public Beach Safaris!

The Los Angeles Urban Rangers are at it again, offering its free safaris of the secret (but public) Malibu Beaches.  If you hit my beaches tab, you’ll see how much fun I had going on this a few years ago.  They showed me that the beach could be all mine, mine, mine.  Here are the [...]

Spa Week is back

$50 spa treatments during Spa Week, April 13 – 19.

To find a spa near you, go to www.spaweek.com.

I suggest making an appointment with a spa that has facilities – sauna, steam, whirlpool, gym, pool – so that you can make a true, getaway day out of this.  The Pacific Waters Spa in Huntington Beach and [...]

Riverside Dickens Festival

 

The Riverside Dickens Festival is this weekend, February 6-8, 2009.  Have tea with Queen Victoria, enjoy a Victorian Era fashion show, performances, and much more.

Disneyland FREE on your Birthday in ‘09

Go here for details from Disneyland. 

(Thanks to JL for the tip.)

 

Spa Week is Back!

$50 spa treatments – Sept. 15 – 21 for the West Coast and Oct. 13 – 19 for the East Coast Midwest.  Fun fun fun.

http://www.spaweek.org/ 

Luggage Quest

All’s been quiet on the blog front lately as I have been getting ready for a trip to India next month.  Yep, next month, I’ll be traveling up and down India, having all my Bollywood dreams come true.  Right, not quite, but still I’m sure I’ll have lots of exciting new adventures to share.  So, [...]

If the Victorian Era’s your thing…

This sounds interesting and it’s in a little town called Fawnskin near Big Bear.  It’s the Fawnskin Victorian Festival on July 5th and 6th.  From their website http://www.fawnskinvictorian.com/:

July 5th and 6th, 2008

The Big Bear Valley Renaissance Society, Inc. is delighted to announce our first Victorian Festival on July 5th and 6th, 2008, at our permanent [...]

Wrightwood Staycation

Try heading up into the San Gabriel mountains and enjoying Wrightwood in the off-season.  You’ll see lots of trees and nice town folk; however, it could still be hot up there.  Check the weather report.  Wrightwood has its charms and surprisingly a lot of free summer programming. It’s about a one hour drive from L.A.  [...]

Dodger Tickets $3

Hey, if you’re in need of a really really cheap staycation, I got this from a mailing list I’m on:

"The Travelzoo Newsdesk has found this outstanding offer from the L.A. Dodgers:

LOS ANGELES–JUNE 30, 2008– The L.A. Dodgers have slashed ticket prices for games against the Atlanta Braves and Florida Marlins to $3. Wow!

Tickets [...]

Random Observations

Chicago versus L.A.  (Note: I was staying in a suburb of Chicago.)

1. Public restrooms in Chicago do not use paper toilet seat covers that much.  I only encountered these two times in my 1.5 week stay.  Do Chicagoans not care about germs as much as Angelenos?  Do they know something we don’t know?

2. Ice cream/milkshakes/sundaes [...]