Carol and I share a passion for good food so making decisions on where to eat in a town famous for food was tough indeed. Fortunately the concierge of the Governor's Inn was kind enough to select places for us to eat prior to our...
Being a list maker, I always have a must see and do list on any trip I take. Charleston was no exception, but hanging out with my wife Carol was my main goal on this trip. While flying from Fort Worth to Charleston we both...
When I heard that Christina's friend Leah was getting married in Birmingham, Alabama this May, two words came to mind (after congrats!), road trip! My oldest daughter Christina and I have always enjoyed road trips together. Among our favorites have been the ones to and...
. . . After begging and bribing my friends and family to "follow", "like" or come on, JUST TAKE A LOOK at my new blog, imagine my surprise at what happened this weekend. Wordpress picked my "California Adventure" post from over 400,000 bloggers and honored me with the #1...
25 years ago I found myself navigating a Lincoln continental the size of an aircraft carrier up a very dark and twisty Highway 1. Somewhere north of LA bound for San Francisco with a 6 mo old sleeping Christina and a increasingly nervous Carol by...
What do you do when your birthday is December the 27th? Such is the struggle that always surrounds Carissa's birthdays. The solution? A 1/2 birthday. I can't say that I have ever fully bought into this as I still see it as a ploy for...
I enjoy graduations a great deal. One of my favorite TV moments is in May when the Nightly News does a slideshow recap of many of the major university's graduations with excerpts from there speakers. Graduations are a milestone, a reminder of the passing of...
The drive: This drive follows California Highway 1 and twists along the spectacular Big Sur Coast between Carmel and Morro Bay along central California's Pacific shoreline. The road is simply one of the world's most breathtaking drives, a must-do adventure for any California traveler. Here,...
What started as a simple photo shoot of my daughter Carissa in her school production of Aladdin turned into much more. Three performances and 1200 pictures later I am still processing the photographs of the play. I couldn't resist posting a few images here of all...
Recently I had the pleasure of assisting my youngest daughter Carissa photograph a community service project for her school. I love the images that resulted. The students, staff and parents worked together to produce beautiful results for the community of Como. While working on this project I...
