L.A. Family Travel DigiMag
Finding Your Alternate Universe at Shakti Fest
I recently had the chance of sitting down with prolific yoga master, Shiva Rea, for a fireside chat. OK, maybe she was driving on the freeway and talking to me through her cell phone and I was sitting in my office, enduring the hot summer heat but it felt...
7 Tips For A Fun, Romantic Trip to Lake Nacimiento
If you've been married for longer than a minute or are even dating someone for more than 6 months, you know. Relationships take effort. You have to really work at "Happily Ever After"
Flying Over Trees – Ziplining in Wrightwood, California
It was news to us. We didn’t know our son Kaleb was scared of heights until we rode the Ferris wheel at California Adventure. When our pod started climbing and swaying, he threw himself on the floor and hid his head between his father’s knees. No amount of...
Shakti Fest: An Untypical Girl’s Weekend
I thought I was tough. I was sporty and strong in the unremarkable gym sort of way. When I took my first yoga class, it was a level 2/3 on a VHS tape. A measly level 1 beginner class didn’t sit well with my self-image but I wanted to learn the poses before I...
A Spooktacular Howl-O-Ween at the Great Wolf Lodge
It started on our family trip in the lobby of the Great Wolf Lodge in Garden Grove, Orange County. A big, black spider clung to the ceiling, its sharp fangs hovering over the little guest's heads, an eerie spiderweb covered the entire front window. This...
2 Moms, 4 Boys and an RV: 7 Tips For Camping at San Onofre State Beach
What could possibly go wrong? Four boys jostling in a small space, no husbands to pawn them off on for a few seconds of peace? Well. This. This could go wrong. And it did. Over and over again. But that's not the whole story. The idea was born...