Blogs from Escondido, California, United States, North America

Well, I certainly can't say we rushed out of the house this morning. We were both due for a good long sleep, which we got. After taking longer than necessary to wake up and get functioning, we left to go a couple blocks away to Snooze, a brunchy place that had great reviews. It was apparently super popular, since at 10:something on a Wednesday morning it had a 45 minute wait. We went to a nearby juice place to get something to hold us over, and walked around the neighborhood until our table was ready. When we finally got seated, it was time for a good old American breakfast: an egg-cheese-ham breakfast sandwich for Serena, and some fancy Eggs Benedict sandwich for me. We then made our way back to the house and got ready to ... read more

Good Bye Avila Beach, Hello Escondido, Today, we left Avila Beach for our 6 hour drive to Escondido, location of the Lawrence Welk Resort. We really enjoyed out time in the Central California Coast area. The proximity of Morro Bay, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, and Pismo Beach make this a nice location for access to culture and wine country. We highly recommend this area as a destination. What can I say, driving through any part of LA, even on a Saturday, is anything but plesaureable. Heavy traffic with crazy motorcyclists weaving in and out is nuts. It's nice that Costco is well established as my usual gas stop is the Costco in Oxnard. Escondido also has a Costco as does Palm Desert. Gas is $3.759 at Costco. Trader Joe's are plentiful. We provisioned up at ... read more

Sometimes you just have to go to a nice place, green, cool, where you can get in touch with your muses... or with each other... So here is a recommendation: a couple of nights at the Castle Creek Inn, which is next to the Castle Creek Golf Country Club, in Escondido. The rooms at this place are beautiful - the beds are soft, the linens are warm, and when you open the door a cool, pine-smelling breeze comes in. I don't know what it will do to you but this place makes me want to read and write. The Inn has a nice size pool and three hot tubs. There's lots of green around because it's next to a golf course. The course has a restaurant/bar where you can get your meals and at night time ... read more

Escondido 5 - 7th November We had a relaxing morning catching up with the blog and chilling out in the hammock in Simon and Nicki´s back yard. After lunch we took a visit to some beautiful meditation gardens with an exotic array of plants and flowers and a stunning view point over looking the sea. Emma wasn’t feeling too well so we headed back to their house stopping off at the supermarket so Doddy could get some ingredients to cook us all spaghetti carbonara for tea. After dinner we watched Simon do some glass blowing with him making us each a personalized shot glass, cheers Simon, before going to bed for our last night in the States. The next morning we went to the local shopping mall to get some supplies for South America. After lunch ... read more

It seems as though we meet more people who have a connection in Costa Rica every day- found out today Olivia from school has bought a place down there. Also talked to another blogger, and we are going to meet when we get down there. Seems like people who have already gone through this will have some good advice. Meanwhile, all the shopping is done, and tomorrow I deliver Gus to the MacNeils and los gatos to Lara. I am looking forward to the warm weather- it is COLD in southern California! Love to all, Lydia... read more