Snapshots: My Day in LA + Other Random Travel Adventures

Inspiration Point at the historic King Gillette Ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains, LA's very own national park.

Malibu Creek State Park (Reagan Ranch entrance) - Make it your starting point for your hiking adventure while exploring former President Ronald Reagan's old ranch property.

Los Angeles Arboretum | Arcadia, California

Spring in Los Angeles | Chinatown

El Pueblo de los Ángeles Historical Monument

La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles (Our Lady Queen of Angels) Catholic Church | Downtown Los Angeles, California

"Shanghai Street" neon sign. A remnant of China City, the original Chinatown | Los Angeles (Chinatown), California

View of the private lake inside guard-gated Lake Sherwood, California

Snow White Cottages | Los Angeles (Silver Lake), California

It's blooming at Ávila Adobe | Oldest house in Los Angeles (built in 1818)

Erik Satie House | Honfleur, France

Saddleback Butte State Park (formerly Joshua Tree State Park) - A sandy, gentle walk to Little Butte. Arrive in the morning and make it all the way to the top. Sadly, it's not a good season for wildflower peeping (on 3/14/21).

Rancho Los Cerritos (built in 1844) in Bixby Knolls area of Long Beach.

Mission Santa Ines (founded in 1804) in Solvang, California.

Prime Desert Woodland Preserve | Lancaster, California

Private beach | Malibu, California

Quiet mornings at El Matador State Beach | Malibu, California

Malibu during Memorial Day Weekend 2020

Emptyness in Beverly Hills, California during COVID-19

Venice Beach, California during COVID-19

All is quiet and peaceful in Lancaster, California during COVID-19

Historic Downtown Walking Tour with the Los Angeles Conservancy

The Bonaventure Hotel, Downtown Los Angeles

Big Tree Park | Glendora, California

Revisiting BCAM | Los Angeles, California

Instagram fodder at LACMA | Los Angeles, California

Iverson Movie Ranch | Chatsworth, California

Will Rogers State Park | Pacific Palisades, California

Point Fermin Lighthouse | San Pedro, California

Malibu Creek State Park | Calabasas, California

Makeshift memorial outside Kobe & Gigi Bryant's gated community | Newport Beach, California

Pomona Arts Colony | Pomona, California

Lady Bug at Leo Carrillo State Park | Malibu, California

PDC Art + Design | West Hollywood, California

White Point Beach | San Pedro, California

Los Angeles Central Library | Downtown Los Angeles, California

Dana Point Harbor | Dana Point, California

Inspiration Point | Newport Beach, California

Lake Balboa, Los Angeles, California

San Secondo d'Asti Catholic Church established in 1926 | Ontario, California (historic wine ghost town)

Malaga Cove, Palos Verdes, California

Point Vicente Lighthouse, San Pedro, California

Torrance Beach - Last sunset of 2019

Hollywood Bowl Overlook - Last sunrise of 2019

Replica of the original In-N-Out stand in Baldwin Park

Monthly Cebuano (cuisine of Cebu) Street Food Pop-Up in Winnetka

Crystal Cove State Beach | Laguna Beach, California

Oldest operating A&W Restaurant | Lodi, California

Truckee, California

Angeles National Forest from Mount Wilson

La Piedra State Beach, Malibu, California

Sunset at County Line Beach, Malibu, California

Spider Pavillion - Natural History Museum Los Angeles

Old Town Los Angeles

Isleton, California

Summertime along PCH.

Surfer at County Line Beach

Chapman Plaza | Koreatown, Los Angeles

Rattlesnake country. Circle X Ranch, Malibu, California.

You can't do summer in Los Angeles without a BYOB picnic at the Hollywood Bowl. My third RHYE concert. First a church in Silver Lake where I saw chef Roy Choi, Massey Hall in Toronto, and now a beautiful evening at the Bowl.

My boyfriend is back | Downey, California

Broguiere's Milk

Record Jungle | Montebello, California

Peter, hold my beer.

Photoville LA

CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip-Hop at the Annenberg Space for Photography

Jump For Los Angeles Football Club! Ole! Ole!

Black and Gold

Burritos La Palma before the match FTW!

In transit

Imperial Western Beer Company craft beer flight

Union Station established 1939

Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve

Tulip Time at Descanso Gardens

Art in Residence: "Blue Antelopes" Then | Now | A Dream. Nathaniel Ancheta & David Martin. Lancaster, California

Cupid's Hotdogs established in 1946. Recommended as a favorite of one of Chili John's owners.

The Andalusia built in 1926 | Spanish Colonial Revival style | West Hollywood, California - National Register of Historic Places

Love Locks Bridge | Atwater Village, California

The Hidden Staircases of Los Angeles | Silver Lake, California

Downtown Los Angeles at dusk from the City Hall observation deck.