Monthly Archives: June 2011

Browsing Michaels yesterday rekindled my obsession with buying scrapbooking products and seeing as how the modern version was born in Utah how could  I pass up the opportunity to visit an LSS (Local Scrapbook Store), course the nearest one was … Continue reading →

Not as long a drive as yesterday and less bickering this time mainly because the car we’ve hired plays dvd’s, it’s a Chrysler Town & Country and has all the mod cons a person could ask for which makes a … Continue reading →

Waking up at 4:30 does not make for happy people, there were no rousing choruses of Kumbaja from either of my two kids it was more like grumbles and dirty looks. They didn’t half look a bit odd wrapped up … Continue reading →

South Africa has warnings about not feeding the animals which are generally geared towards saving daft tourists from baboons. America has similar rules however evidently the tourists here are just as stupid as those back home. The scene went like … Continue reading →

Virgin America is now officially my favourite airline, true they’re mercenary and charge for just about everything, $8 to watch a movie, $2 for a headset (good thing we nicked the ones from Delta) and $6 for a glass of … Continue reading →

So, as it turns out the Casa Loma isn’t a derelict building rather the building next door to it is. In my defence it looked derelict and uninhabited as we were whizzing by trying to keep pace with the traffic.  … Continue reading →

The chappy who booked us into the hotel gave us a really informative info pack which included a map of the city with a recommended route on it, figuring it included all we wanted to see we loaded up on … Continue reading →

An odd thing to get excited about much less blog but I managed to sleep the whole night without needing the loo, this is huge when you’re sleeping in a tent and in order to go to the bathroom you … Continue reading →

Most of the day was spent driving from Los Angeles to Big Sur. We left Phillip’s around 9:00 and picked up a bit of traffic getting through Los Angeles but being able to drive in the car pool lane helped … Continue reading →

For once it was me who woke up early and got the hairy eyeball and much whinging from the peanut gallery – payback is a wonderful thing. Sandra made seriously yummy omelettes for breakfast with tomatoes, mushrooms, cheese and green … Continue reading →