Category Archives: Stories of my life

No, that isn’t a camera angle trick… that margarita was really that big…

Posted on January 26, 2018 by pouringmyartout

But I am getting a little ahead of myself, as I finish up the last of my recent adventures in Los Angeles, where my wife and I went a few days ago, to see that comedy show. So, earlier that … Continue reading →

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More Hollywood adventures…

Posted on January 25, 2018 by pouringmyartout

Well, I still have a few photos left from the other day, when my wife and I drove down to Los Angeles from San Diego, to see that comedian perform. As I mentioned, I got up early the next morning, … Continue reading →

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Pancakes, the hooker with a tender, flaky, heart of gold… and man, is she stacked!!!

Posted on January 23, 2018 by pouringmyartout

Okay, it is a terrible title for a post, and has almost nothing to do with what I have been up too… but it still cracks me up. Yesterday, my wife and I drove up to Los Angeles… very near … Continue reading →

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Detours: A California adventure… the final chapter; Almost home…

Posted on January 16, 2018 by pouringmyartout

Back in Southern California… sun-drenched… palm trees swaying in the gentle sea breeze… I mean, yeah, a lot of those palm trees now look like burnt matchsticks… And, days after I took these photos, on my three-day adventure through California, … Continue reading →

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Detours: A California adventure… part 18; A detour within a detour, a brush with future disaster, and a blackened landscape…

Posted on January 15, 2018 by pouringmyartout

That is the sun beginning to set over the Pacific Ocean. I was on another detour… the last of this three-day, detour-strewn adventure from Northern California back to San Diego. I was firmly back in Southern California now. Traffic really … Continue reading →

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Detours: A California adventure… part 17; Now that’s a bathroom!!!

Posted on January 14, 2018 by pouringmyartout

Uh, no, that isn’t a photo of the actual bathroom… you are getting ahead of yourself… Then what, I hear you asking yourself, is this charming little building we are looking at? It is this place… the Madonna Inn, on … Continue reading →

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Detours: A California adventure… part 16; High plains drifter…

Posted on January 13, 2018 by pouringmyartout

Yes, the title is a nod to Clint Eastwood… but I think high plains are what I would have to call this broad valley running high among the tops of mountains, through which I was making my way. It was … Continue reading →

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Detours: A California adventure… part 15; The big detour, and where it gets crazy… and yes, that is a whale!!!

Posted on January 12, 2018 by pouringmyartout

So yes, there I was, in the early morning, heading South of California’s Highway One, knowing full well that it was blocked ahead by a massive mud slide that wiped part of the road off the map for more than … Continue reading →

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Detours: A California adventure… part 14; Driving South on California’s Highway One…

Posted on January 11, 2018 by pouringmyartout

We have reached the last day of my epic, three-day, detour-filled driving adventure, coming home from Christmas in the Bay Area. I had that delightful day-long stopover to visit my little cousins in Santa Cruz. I left them early in … Continue reading →

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Detours: A California adventure… part 13; Goodbye, Santa Cruz, the end of the second day…

Posted on January 10, 2018 by pouringmyartout

My cousins and I had so much fun at the tide pools on my first night in Santa Cruz, that we decided to visit the beach again. We had to park at the top of some bluffs… or cliffs… That … Continue reading →

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