Tag: California
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San Diego goat makes a tasty meal (yes, even you could make this at home)
{Warning: Graphic photos of raw goat meat contained in this article} We don’t try to recreate Grandma’s perfect holiday feast for our family festivities. We’re certainly not opposed to eating a traditional American feast, but we often just go with something we really like for a meal because we like it, not because it’s tradition. My youngest brother,…
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A statue’s view of San Diego – the best panorama
It’s all laid out before you, from left to right. The submarine base in Point Loma hundreds of feet below. The bay surrounded by San Diego villages and suburbs. From this height, one can see the mountains in the distant east and follow them south into Mexico. The Coronado Bridge in the foreground, which looks…
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Another SoCal surprise – the Palm Springs aerial tram
When I talk to people about some of the most incredible places I’ve traveled, I usually talk in terms of natural beauty and diversity, incredible food and friendly people. Places that come to mind are Morocco and South Africa. I’m all too quick to discount the place I am living at the moment, which in…
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Flinging dead fish and unexpected pleasures at California’s Salton Sea
Palm Springs was on our list. When we move somewhere new we make a list of five to eight places we want to visit before we move again. Palm Springs made the cut only because I read a brief article about it in a magazine. There’s so much more to the region than retro 1950’s…
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