With the unseasonably warm weather reaching 100 degrees today, I opted for something indoors. When you live in a city rich with history, a museum is a great place to visit to beat the heat. For today, I chose the Pasadena Museum of History. The Pasadena Museum of History, located at the corner of Orange Grove and Walnut, was founded
Read moreToday, I decided to enlist my honorary nephew, Brandon, to help me out with my personal challenge. On the Discover Los Angeles website under 100 Free things to do in Los Angeles, I found a link to the Pasadena Roving Archers group that offers free archery classes on Saturdays. The only downside is that you have to get there really
Read moreStill a bit sore after my horseback riding adventure yesterday, I decided I would take it easy and explore something closer to home. Originally I thought tonight was the full moon so I was planning on visiting the Linda Vista Hospital (despite my students and mother warning me to stop going places at night, alone, especially on a full moon).
Read moreToday I decided I wanted to do something that I hadn’t done since I was in high school back in Michigan. I wanted to go Horseback riding. I started to think about it last week when I went to the Old Zoo in Griffith Park and saw the pony rides. So I did my research and found several different places
Read moreThis morning, while watching the news, I saw a commercial talking about a website called Discover Los Angeles. I thought this would be a great place to find new ideas for my personal challenge. And today, my allergies were still acting up so I thought it would be best if I found something indoors. So I went to the Discover
Read moreThankfully today the weather cooled off a bit. Unfortunately with the cooler weather comes the winds that always set off my allergies. I woke up this morning with sinus troubles and by the time I left work, I was doing a pretty good impression of Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer. But I didn’t care that I felt lousy when I left
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