Category Archives: California State

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USA – Road Trip – Point Reyes – 1st October

18 Oct ’11 Filed under California State, Point Reyes, USA. No comments.

We journeyed off down the 1 to Point Reyes National Seashore about an hour north of San Francisco. The drive down was once again very scenic and rugged, so with a few stops along the way we made our way to The Samuel P Taylor … Read More →

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USA – Road Trip – Healdsburg / Wine Country – 30th September

14 Oct ’11 Filed under California State, Healdsburg, USA. No comments.

After a fairly lazy start to the day, we packed up the tent and all the gear as usual into the car, said goodbye to Don, (who kindly offered his phone number and details in-case we were back in the San Francisco area once he … Read More →

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USA – Road Trip – Fort Bragg / Mendocino – 29th September

13 Oct ’11 Filed under California State, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, USA. No comments.

We got up early and went south to Fort Bragg, this was our first drive on Highway 1, a route we would now be taking on and off for the next few weeks. It wasn’t a long journey at all and we were in the … Read More →

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USA – Road Trip – Arcata – 27th / 28th September

12 Oct ’11 Filed under Arcata, California State, USA. No comments.

After another night in the cozy shed we showered and had breakfast in the usual fashion. We advised Janine regarding some website tips and ways of saving money by doing a website yourself rather than an expensive template etc. Helen offered to take some photos … Read More →

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USA – Road Trip – Arcata – 25th/26th September

11 Oct ’11 Filed under Arcata, California State, USA. No comments.

We drove slowly to Arcata and at around midday we found our way to Janine’s place in Indianola. She works and lives on the grounds of the Humboldt Community Foundation, a house donated to the charity. She gave us the option of sleeping in her … Read More →

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USA – Road Trip – Trinidad – 24th September

10 Oct ’11 Filed under California State, Trinidad, USA. No comments.

When we got up the following day the fog had cleared and we spent a few hours at the Indian Creek Cafe topping up our writing for the blog. It’s a popular place for those passing through on-route and we felt a little bad for … Read More →

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USA – Hiking in the LA National Forest – 23rd August

2 Sep ’11 Filed under La Canada, Los Angeles, USA. No comments.

Joe kindly offered to take us walking in the LA National Forest for the day, so after breakfast we packed some day-packs and headed north for an hour in the car. After the forest fires a couple of years ago the landscape is rejuvenating itself, … Read More →

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USA – Moving to La Canada – 22nd August

30 Aug ’11 Filed under La Canada, Los Angeles, Pasadena, USA. No comments.

We said goodbye to our time in Venice with one last stroll along the beach, packed up and thanks to Helen’s cousin; John we had a lift over to La Canada where her Aunt lives with husband Joe. So far it’s been a pretty easy … Read More →

National GoTopless Day Venice Beach LA 2011

*NSFW* USA – Venice Beach – GoTopless – 21th August

26 Aug ’11 Filed under Los Angeles, USA, Venice Beach. 3 Comments.

Using the website site Venice Paparazzi to find out about events (Venice art crawl etc) we spotted a national event taking place along the boardwalk which would offer some interesting photo opportunities…The National GoTopless Day – “a US organization, claim that women have the same … Read More →

Erich Schiffmann Yoga Teacher Training August 2011

Yoga Teacher Training with Erich Schiffmann 12-21st August 2011

24 Aug ’11 Filed under Los Angeles, USA, Venice Beach. 1 Comment.

After Zoe (good friend and yoga teacher from the UK) mentioned Erich Schiffmann’s name to me when we were originally organising the USA part of our trip, it always stuck with me…’Make sure if we go to LA to do a yoga session with Erich … Read More →

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USA – Los Angeles – Venice Beach – 19th August

23 Aug ’11 Filed under Los Angeles, USA, Venice Beach. No comments.

Each Friday in Venice Beach is a small but well rounded Farmers Market (Venice Way & Venice Blvd) which has a great selection of produce. A few of our favorites include home made humus, falafel, salad leaves, fruits and some great tomatoes! Helen has only … Read More →

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USA – Los Angeles – Venice Art Crawl – 18th August

22 Aug ’11 Filed under Los Angeles, USA, Venice Beach. No comments.

It was a pretty quiet day for the Leica, Helen decided to take a few shots in her yoga class (blog post to come!) and Dave was getting us ready for our move to the new pad on the beach front! With a spot of … Read More →