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…

Catching hollowed-pumpkin lights

Halloween Special: Some Jack O Lanterns for Catching The Light.

Happy 4th!

Here are some pictures from the 4th of July Celebration at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton, CA a couple of years ago.  (Pictures from a point-and-shoot. July, 2013.) Happy…

A gourmet fete; of all things Garlic

Less than an hour’s drive from the Capital of Silicon Valley* is the Garlic Capital of the World – Gilroy. Gilroy and garlic are almost synonymous. Gilroy, California is known…

From the Chinese New Year parade in San Francisco

With Dragons, Lion Dances and traditional Chinese song-and-dance, Chinese New Year parades happen everywhere. The largest one outside China happens to be a few miles from where I currently live.…

Colour | Culture | Celebration

I had never been to a Lunar New Year celebration, so when I heard Kristen Sze of ABC7 Morning News talk about the event in Redwood City, CA, I jumped…