Los Angeles: City Of Angels! Los Angeles has a population of approximately 3.8 million inhabitants. This figure alone makes it the second most populous city in the United States after New York City. The city is on almost 500 square miles of land which makes it the largest city based on land size in the United States. When you see these pictures of downtown,...

Southern California’s Lemon varieties consist of: Lisbon, Eureka and Meyer Lemons. Eureka Lemons make up the bulk of the lemon crops from California, Australia and Israel. They originally came from Sicily. More than likely this is what you will be buying in a Grocery Store. They have a small nipple on one end and are somewhat smaller compared to the other varieties. Lisbon lemons...

Red Wine that is noteworthy under $10 a bottle! This is only my second post about inexpensive good wines. I decided to write this post for one of my Active Rain Friends who drinks good inexpensive red wines.  I thought she could add these two bottles to her repertories. For those of you who missed my previous post, here it is for your convenience...

Images of spring in Los Angeles via blooming Trees. Most people do not realize that Los Angeles is not just high rise buildings.    The colors of these blooming trees are some of the most beautiful, almost breathe taking. If you come to Los Angeles for the first time in May, you will be pleasantly surprised at the various trees in full bloom.  ...

The 2011 Festival of Books had a Legendary Chef: Thomas Keller at the Cooking Stage! Thomas Keller is not only a Chef’s Chef, he is someone who deserves awe and he is very inspirational. I went to see him because he created “The French Laundry” ( http://www.thefrenchlaundry.com ), Bouchon” (www.bouchonbistro.com)  and “Per Se“(www.perseny.com) He is a perfectionist and he is a motivator, but mostly...