Perfect time of year to go down there, great rates with few people and pockets of sunny weather. Summer down there is pretty cold and foggy, the water is always freezing. There have been years I've dropped off everyone at the airport after Christmas and just gone down by myself for a few days. This … Continue reading After Holiday Detox – Monterey
Prepare for a rant...I'm LIVID!! Last month I got a Hyundai Kona Electric, that I'm totally loving. The range is amazing, almost 300 miles with a bunch of rebates that brought the price down. I used TrueCar to get some pricing without going into a dealership, then once I got the lease price I wanted … Continue reading Using an EV Car with Electrify America
Let's just say there were lots of presents and naps involved 🙂 We went big for my Turkish DIL and her second Christmas with her grandparents visiting. They live in an apartment down the street from us, her grandparents are staying with them, while our house is full with my mom and youngest son. She's … Continue reading Xmas 2019 Wrap Up`
Hard not to write about politics on such a momentous event, while there's still freedom of speech. The U.S. is at a crossroads, will this lead to a re-election then continue on to a Dictatorship? It's happened in other countries, why not here? There was a Rick Steve's show I was watching on Normandy, thinking … Continue reading IMPEACHED
In the land of Teslas, I went Hyundai Kona EV before the rebates go away for 2020. It's surprising I hadn't made the switch way before, but the only EV's available besides the Teslas only had about 100 mile range. This one has almost 300 mile range plus one of the top 10 reliable cars, … Continue reading New Hyundai Kona EV!
I apologize for not seeing the "unread" comments on this blog, I just noticed the tab. It looks like I have more followers and/or likes than it seemed? By the time I finish a post, it's off to the races for the day so don't really pay much attention to stats or how this wordpress … Continue reading Blog Traction
Truth be told, I'm not a shopper. There's a patch of blue out there which means either a run or a reservoir walk if I can get it in before the rain forevermore forecast. Plus I've spent WAY too much on the house!! Not that it's going to affect my kids presents, it's just that … Continue reading Blue Sky Friday
Bundled up in a down parka with caffeine withdraw that made me get my sweats on to drive to a Starbucks. We have a funky neighborhood where the only exit pours out into a major street. To get out, you have to make a left turn onto the busy street if you happen to be … Continue reading Cold Morning – Power out
Facebook can bring up the oddest things to throw you right back into your 20's with certain people you'd never see again otherwise. This time it was a guy I always called Surfer Joe. Something I started writing years ago was a story about my time in Santa Monica Canyon called "Canyon News." I worked … Continue reading Surfer Joe
It's 4am here in California, wide awake. Just want to jot a few notes here about how safe I felt in Istanbul and Turkey in general. We were with our new family the rest of the trip, my DIL's parents, brother and friends. We never opened our wallet, they were so generous and sweet. Right … Continue reading Leaving Istanbul & the flight
