Blogs from California, United States, North America

This is an email from Singapore Airlines, the best airline, in my opinion, as others seem to agree: Singapore Airlines (SIA) has been named World's Best Airline in the 2023 Skytrax World Airline Awards, the fifth time we have won this prestigious accolade. We also took the top spot for Best First Class Airline, Best First Class Comfort Amenities, and Best Airline in Asia. In addition to this, we were also named Best Airline (Overall) in DestinAsian (Asia) Readers' Choice Awards 2023, and awarded Best Overall Cellar by Business Traveller’s Cellars in the Sky Awards in February this year! We are committed to innovating and investing in industry-leading products and services, as well as offering you a world-class travel experience. Thank you for your support and for making us a part of your travels. We look ... read more

I´ve been absent for two weeks. It has flown! I got into LA on Monday 18 June at 7am. The carry transport took two hours to drop me off at our lodging which should´ve taken as it were 35 mins. Nothing to stretch around as I had time to murder since Matt wasn´t arriving from SF until early afternoon, but lodging staff let me check in early since of my reliable confront. We did nothing on the Monday, Tuesday was went through doing the Hollywood visitor stuff, counting a visit of celebrity homes (the highlight of which was the air-conditioned limo). LA was ridiculous hot and troublesome to urge utilized to after shitty Sydney climate. On Wednesday we went to Disneyland! To begin with halt: the teacups! After that we weren´t as well objected approximately which ... read more

Dear All Wahey! My California Road Trip 2024 has officially begun! On a Wednesday morning, I said goodbye to my cosy Lawndale motel and picked up a hire car near LAX Airport - a black Nissan SUV. I faced the dreaded LA freeway system, and found that despite a bit of slower moving traffic, it wasn't all that bad. After around 30 minutes of urban sprawl, driving north through Hollywood and Burbank, the surrounding landscape turned to curvaceous and sparsely vegetated mountains, as the highway passed through Angeles National Park. While I loved the places I visited in LA, the city as a whole wasn't my favourite, and I was glad to be leaving. I think it was a combination of unfriendly people and massive urban concrete sprawl that just didn't do it for me, and ... read more

Dear All Yay! California, here I am! I write at the beginning of another two-week adventure through one of my favourite countries - the US of A! This trip was actually four years in the planning, as along with South Africa last summer, this one was also delayed from four years ago due to the world having gone crazy at the time. For my first US trip after that time, I wanted to go to the closest US place to the UK as I could, just in case, and thus I did New England over Easter 2022. And last year I just had to visit my TB friends Merry Jo and Dave for a wonderful time in Florida over Easter 2023. So this year, Easter 2024, I began California! The flight over was good, if a ... read more

How many of you know who Dr. Ann Noble is? She was a U.C. Davis sensory chemist and (retired) Professor in the Department of Viticulture and Enology. She is widely credited with the discovery of the Wine Aroma Wheel, which as an official website. Here is the wheel: img=https://cosmicpimg-prod.services.web.outlook.com/proxy/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwinefolly.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F08%2FWine-Aroma-Flavor-Chart-Wheel.jpg&t=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCIsImtpZCI6InhnTVBsQk1oWTVlbCtsWUlYTVA5VGhXM1lTcz0iLCJ4NXQiOiJ4Z01QbEJNaFk1ZWwrbFlJWE1QOVRoVzNZU3M9IiwiaXNzbG9jIjoiU0ExUFI4NE1CMzU0MyIsInNyc24iOjYzODQ1MzEwMjU5OTE0Njk1MX0.eyJ1dGkiOiI0OTFlMzBiOS1mZTE0LTQyNTctOWYyZS01OWU4NTU4MzNiNTIiLCJpYXQiOjE3MDk5NTIzMjAsInZlciI6IlNUSS5Vc2VyLlYxIiwic2FwLXZlcnNpb24iOiI4IiwiYXBwaWQiOiJmMjA0MTUwNC0yZjgxLTQ5M2QtYWY4ZC1iNGIzNTBjZWZlNTciLCJpc3NyaW5nIjoiV1ciLCJhcHBpZGFjciI6IjIiLCJ0aWQiOiI4NGRmOWU3ZmU5... read more