The Sunday Salon: Happy 4th!! (also a bit about my reading pickle)

It’s Independence Day here in the U.S. Also known as the Fourth of July. On this day, back in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted. These days, we celebrate it with a day off from work (for most of us), cook-outs and fireworks. The weather in Southern California is not cooperating though… The view [...]

The Sunday Salon: Beach Day!

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there. We decided to head to Carpinteria for a day of fun in the sun. Carpinteria is a little beach town, very close to Santa Barbara. I love it for three reasons: It’s a family beach with good parking options. Waves aren’t bad either. It’s CLEAN. It [...]

The Sunday Salon: Long Weekend Bliss

Is it really Sunday? With furloughs and the holiday weekend, I’ve been blessed with a glorious 5-day weekend. It’s the kind of bliss that allows you to forget what day it is. Gosh, I love my time off. One of the reasons that I am really lovin’ the time off is this… I picked this [...]

The Sunday Salon: The Mother’s Day Edition

You know how I said that The Hub was always giving me the evil eye over the amount of reading I do? I forgive him. Happy Mother’s Day! I am playing with my new toy and we’ll be firing up the BBQ later. Hope you all have a lovely day.

The Sunday Salon: The After Christmas Edition

So Christmas came, and went. We spent Christmas Eve with my in-laws (pic above). We had a lovely dinner, opened some presents and then made it home in time for Santa to arrive. There was a little family mishap where a 40 something year-old fought with an 11-year-old over the last root beer in the [...]