Da Rod Shop – A Simi Valley Excursion

5 Car Garages to Visit in Los Angeles : The Dad's California Bucket List

When travelling to a new place, each member of our family sits down and creates their own Bucket List. We come back together and work out how we can create an itinerary that includes each place. It takes a little juggling, but usually we manage it. Our trip to California, USA was no exception except …

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USS Midway Aircraft Carrier : A Top Gun Experience in San Diego

USS Midway Aircraft Carrier : A Top Gun Experience in San Diego

I feel the need, the need for speed! As a child of the 80s I was indoctrinated into the Top Gun fangirl brigade in my early Primary School days. Maverick, Goose and Charlie were names we went on to name the pet sheep, goose (original) and chicken. Iceman was applied to the blonde boy at the …

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San Diego Zoo With Kids : A Wild Panda Adventure

San Diego Zoo With Kids : A Wild Panda Adventure

If you’re heading off to California with kids anytime soon I highly recommend that you add at least 3 days in San Diego to your itinerary. For families, San Diego boasts quite an array of attractions and activities perfect for the whole family. At the top of our list is the famous San Diego Zoo. San Diego …

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Universal Studios VIP Experience : A Must Do Family Adventure

Universal Studios VIP Experience : A Must Do Family Adventure

If you are Travelling to Los Angeles it’s highly likely that you will try to fit a trip to Universal Studios on your itinerary. It’s touted as the place to go if you want to learn about the production of movies and TV shows. Prior to leaving Australia, T let me know that a visit to …

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A Visit to the La Brea Tar Pits and Page Museum

A Sticky Trek Back in Time : A Visit to the La Brea Tar Pits and Page Museum

For tens of thousands of years natural asphalt has been seeping up from the ground in what is now urban Los Angeles. Around Hancock Park the seepage has been enough to create areas large enough to trap animals who have been unable to escape and have perished, sinking into the asphalt which has soaked into their …

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Our Stay at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

A Suite Adventure : Our Stay at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

For the last year or so T and I have been creating our bucket list for our adventures in California. When it came to planning the Los Angeles leg of our trip I had at some point wistfully remarked that a stay at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel would be magic not actually thinking that it …

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