Category: Local Activities

  • Imagine Tea for Kids at the Langham Huntington, Pasadena

    Imagine Tea for Kids at the Langham Huntington, Pasadena

    Imagine Tea is designed especially for children and will feature a remarkable touch of magic. As part of the upcoming Imagine Tea experience, junior performers from the famed Magic Castle will be on hand to entertain young tea guests, performing close-up magic while children dine on a specialty tea menu of magically-decorated cookies, ham, turkey…

  • A New Way to Experience DineLA

    A New Way to Experience DineLA

    This year, DineLA falls takes place over my birthday, Jan. 20-31, so I am paying attention to how to best take advantage of all of the many perks this event offers. Just when I start to think about all of the fabulous restaurants I want to eat at, the L.A. Tourism and Convention Board announces…

  • Take Up a New Sport in the New Year

    Take Up a New Sport in the New Year

    It’s a new year and so that means it’s time to try new things. So, why not take up a new sport. While many people think that Southern California is just about sun and surf, it’s also got some fantastic mountain resorts. Head up to Big Bear Lake, Calif., for some of the area’s best…

  • Winter Dreams Come True With Disney’s New World of Color

    Winter Dreams Come True With Disney’s New World of Color

    I feel very lucky to have been invited to attend the new World of Color – Winter Dreams at Disney California Adventure and it was made even more fun since I was able to see the show through the eyes of my 4-year-old daughter…quite literally actually, since she was sitting on my shoulders for most…

  • Ski Big Bear Like It’s 1983

    Ski Big Bear Like It’s 1983

    I’m a child of the 80’s so, when I heard that Big Bear Mountain Resorts was going to sell lift tickets for $18 — the same price it cost to ski there in 1983 — I had to share. This October, Big Bear experienced two snow storms, including its earliest snowfall ever recorded, which is…