Archive for 2003

Built during the Depression; thousands of men and their families came to Black Canyon to tame the Colorado River. It took less than five years, in a harsh and barren land, […]

Few hours in the city of golden evil…

The original park itself was completed in 1910, and named after the Spanish explorer who first saw the Pacific Ocean. It was the 1915 Panama-California Exposition however that truly gave the park its character with the choice of a “Spanish” type of architecture for the Fair buildings…

Beatuful gardens, flowers, Japenese Tea Houses…

John Muir called view from San Jacinto Mountain as “. . .one of the most sublime spectacles to be found anywhere on earth!” Few would argue with his assessment. On a clear day, the entire Los Angeles Basin spreads out to the west, Mount San Gorgonio lies to the north, and, to the east, the […]

Beautiful small town on the Pacific shore among green hills and canyons…

Gem of the Desert, the City of La Quinta is a community nestled at the base of the majestic Santa Rosa Mountains, in southern California’s Coachella Valley.

Harvard Square is a magical place, where centuries of tradition meet a cutting-edge urban sensibility. Every year millions of people are drawn here, from every corner of the globe. They come to learn, to teach, to discover, and to enjoy.