Category: Pop and Thistle

Restaurant Review: Cho Cho San Sushi in Tarzana, CA

I luckily get the pleasure of traveling to Los Angeles about 2-4 times per year to visit beloved family and friends.  Having lived here for about five years a decade or so ago, I know my way around LA pretty well. When I first moved to LA, I lived with my sister for about a …

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A Fun-Filled Day at DryTown Waterpark

This week my family and I are on vacation in sunny Southern California.  We have quite a bit of family here, so luckily we come often.  On this trip we decided to have a fun-filled day at DryTown Waterpark in Palmdale, CA. Let me start by telling you only one day before this trip was …

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Film: ‘Loved By All: The Story of Apa Sherpa’

In this gorgeous short film from Sherpas Cinema, viewers get a personalized look at life as a sherpa, their incredible surroundings, and the struggles they encounter. Loved By All: The Story of Apa Sherpa was produced by Malcolm Sangster, directed by Eric Crosland, and narrated by Apa Sherpa. Maximize your screen and enjoy.

Introducing ‘Cooking with Coraline’

Today I’m starting a new series – “Cooking with Coraline”.  For those of you that don’t know, Coraline is my precious 3 year old daughter.  She is spunky, she is witty, she is kind and she loves cooking! Today we decided to start our morning by making a quick – and I mean quick – …

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Backyard Wonders

I have found over the years that I have become a person that will leaf through travel brochures and gaze longingly at planes as they pass by overhead. I think to myself, “What wonders will I see if I travel to faraway destinations? What would I experience?” I think everyone has those thoughts, well, except …

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A Weekend Getaway to Kansas City, Missouri

My friends and I took advantage of spring’s temperate weather last weekend to take an overnight getaway to Kansas City, Missouri, which has much to offer, too much to explore in a weekend, but we had a wonderful time visiting a few of its cultural spots. On our way into town, we stopped at the …

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Disney Offers a Flyover View of Star Wars Land #StarWarsDay

Happy Star Wars Day! Disney recently posted a flyover view of the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Construction Site; Galaxy’s Edge is set to open at Disneyland and Disney World parks in 2019.

Language Development and Your Four Year Old

The preschool age is a wonderful time during childhood and I really enjoyed teaching children in this age group.  They are interested in learning about any topic from bugs to space and have countless questions for you to answer.  Developmentally, they should be at a level to really express their needs and some of them …

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Celebrate Earth Day with the Lyrid Meteor Shower

What better way to celebrate Earth Day than to top it off with the a meteor shower? This Earth Day weekend we are graced with the dazzling Lyrid Meteor Shower, which peaked last night and will hopefully brighten the skies again tonight at about 2 a.m. local daylight time. The Lyrid Meteor Shower is one of the …

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Earth Day Awareness: The Town with No Waste

Here’s the story of how one group of people are making drastic changes to live waste-free lives. In 2003, the government of Kamikatsu, Japan implemented a rigorous recycling program where the residents were asked to separate their waste into 34 categories, with the goal of being a waste free town.  Now, they are nearly at that …

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