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  • SeaWorld at Christmastime

    Wondering what SeaWorld looks like at Christmas?

    Looking for holiday displays in Southern California? SeaWorld is not a bad idea. Visit this post to see what SeaWorld might look like at Christmastime. ...
  • Mountain House Kite Festival 2018

    Glimpses: Mountain House Kite Festival

    When the schools in Mountain House close for the summer holidays, the community gets ready for the annual Kite Festival. Mountain House Kite Festival 2018 took place over the weekend that just went by — June 2nd to be precise. The Kite Festival took place at Mountain House’s own...
  • A circus of colors from a mural marathon

    For a few years now, Circus Circus Reno has been organizing an art event giving mural artists an opportunity to put up their works on the walls of the resort. Circus Circus Mural Marathon is the name of the event. Circus Circus Mural Marathon The Mural Marathon put up...
  • Jule Hus

    Jule Hus: It’s always Christmas here

    Christmas isn’t until another six months but there’s a place in Solvang in California where it is Christmas all year round. Be it February or August, there’ll be Christmas trees and ornaments and Santas and elves and all types of decor at Jule Hus. Jule  Hus Jule Hus is...
  • Legoland at Christmas time

    Legoland at Christmas time

    Because it’s Christmas time and because we just got back from LEGOLAND, let me show you some holiday sights from the theme park. LEGOLAND California is decked up for the season — with some Lego-exhibits like a Lego Christmas tree and a Lego-Santa-and-reindeer. There are also some Christmas shows put up for...
  • Catching hollowed-pumpkin lights

    Halloween Special: Some Jack O Lanterns for Catching The Light. ...
  • A place to ‘live it up’ this Fall

    In these parts, October means ‘Fall colour,’ Pumpkin patches and Halloween. And pumpkin patches mean ‘many, many pumpkins,’ corn mazes and hayrides. That was why I insisted on not picking up pumpkins-for-carving when we went Halloween costume-shopping in Walmart a few weeks back. For a couple of years now,...
  • Happy Lunar New Year

    From the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francico, CA. 2012 The Chinese community in the San Francisco Bay Area has been putting up a late evening Chinese New Year Parade in SF since the 1800s. It is a show of song and dance, culture and lights. This year’s...
  • Tulip Fields, Oregon

    A Tulip Fest or a visual feast?

    Fields of Poppies -- A feast for human eyes. (Pictures from the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn, Oregon.)...
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