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September 4, 2024 The aptly named Peninsula neighborhood in Long Beach, separates the ocean from Alamitos Bay. It is only a couple of hundred yards wide but stretches for over a mile. There is a boardwalk running in front of the houses that line the ocean side. Unfortunately, the nearby port makes swimming on LongContinue reading “Peninsula, Long Beach, California, USA”

August 29, 2024 Back on the streets of Belmont Heights today. Here are some of our favorite homes. And here is yet another classic pick-up truck.

August 25, 2024 La Jolla is a seaside suburb of San Diego. We drove down the coast from Carlsbad to take a look around and meet up with friends who live down there. We started out by having lunch at a New Zealand themed restaurant called Queenstown. According to the waiter, one of the ownersContinue reading “La Jolla, California, USA”

August 24, 2024 Carlsbad is a beach town between Los Angeles and San Diego. It is named after the Bohemian town of Karlsbad (now Karlovy Vary in Czechia). Coincidentally, we visited Karlovy Vary a few years back and can tell you that looks nothing like Carlsbad. Apparently, the connection is that both towns are knownContinue reading “Carlsbad, California, USA”

August 23, 2024 Today, we wandered into the adjacent neighborhoods of Bluff Park and Bluff Heights. 1st Street appears to be where Long Beach’s rich built their homes, lined as it is with large and ornate homes. Further back from the ocean in Bluff Heights, the homes are less majestic. There also a number ofContinue reading “Belmont Heights, Bluff Park and Bluff Heights, Long Beach, California, USA”

August 21, 2024 We are renting a home in Belmont Heights for a month. It is very pleasant area with a wide variety of homes and small apartment buildings. Our favorites tend to be the Spanish style homes that are predominant in the neighborhood. Classic car of the day was this white pick up truckContinue reading “Belmont Heights, Long Beach, California, USA”

April 23, 2024 Our dear friend, Louise, led us on a short hike through the Alice Eaves Scenic Reserve. The Reserve was owned by Alice and Edward Eaves and was cared for by Alice until her death in 1955. It was then gifted to the New Zealand public in 1960 and is free and accessibleContinue reading “Orewa, New Zealand”

April 15, 2024 When you mention Western Springs to Aucklanders, they will most likely think of three places: the Auckland Zoo; the Museum of Transport and Technology (known locally as MOTAT); or Western Springs Stadium, all of which sit within the Western Springs neighborhood. But there is one lesser known attraction, the Western Springs Reserve,Continue reading “Western Springs, Auckland, New Zealand”

March 31, 2024 Finding ourselves in St. Heliers, we decided to go for a walk and visit another of Auckland’s volcanoes, Glover Park. We started out down in St. Heliers and made our way up and along Cliff Road which follows, unsurprisingly, a cliff that rises east of the beach. Just around the point fromContinue reading “St. Heliers and Glendowie, Auckland, New Zealand”

March 27, 2024 Orakei Basin is a large explosion crater that erupted on the side of Purewa Creek that runs into Hobson Bay. In the 1920s, an embankment was built for a railway line that cut off the crater from the creek. The embankment created a shallow, artificial saltwater lake with control gates under theContinue reading “Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand”