We were supposed to be up at Tahoe for the next few days making use of our season passes one more time before winter officially ends in California, but alas, that day may already have come; warm 50-degree weather paired with drizzle do not great ski conditions make (or so the weather forecast said…apparently, they [...]
Photo Friday: Los Angeles, California
January 28, 2011 By 37 Comments
I’ve never been that big a fan of art museums. Don’t get me wrong: I’m not saying you shouldn’t go to them, but when I travel, I like to be out and about exploring a place by foot or from high up in the air or even from beneath the surface, not indoors. In fact, [...]
Parachuting at Heavenly
January 25, 2011 By 29 Comments
Hello everyone, SVV here, reporting from Heavenly Ski Resort. We’ve been having a lot of fun using our outdoor cameras and trouncing about the slopes these days. The mountains are buried in snow and the skies have been crisp and beautiful. A friend of mine recently loaned me a new invention of his—adapted from his [...]
How to Be a Tourist in Los Angeles (and Not Feel Totally Lame)
January 24, 2011 By 35 Comments
I normally stay put during peak holiday travel times as I try actively to avoid hordes of tourist whenever possible, but when my friend Ellen asked if I would consider coming to LA for her 30th birthday—which happened to take place over MLK weekend—all it took was discovering that Virgin America was practically giving away [...]
Photo Friday: Mammoth Mountain, California
January 21, 2011 By 33 Comments
It’s ironic because this is the time of year that’s usually the most beautiful in San Francisco. Summer is dreadful; I purposely plan to be gone June through August of each year to avoid the city cloaked in fog and the general feeling of dreariness that accompanies it. Yet now—in mid-January—we’re enjoying crystal blue skies, [...]
Snowcialites Take to the Mountain
January 12, 2011 By 27 Comments
Last year when I attended Snowcial for the first time, it was on a last minute invite with only two days’ notice. In fact, I had never even heard of the social media conference, which is now in its third year. But this time around, I had a full year to get excited for all [...]
Photo Friday: South Lake Tahoe, California
December 31, 2010 By 24 Comments
When the early December storms dumped boatloads of precipitation onto California, SVV and I booked our cabin share as quickly as we could to enjoy one weekend of snow before we left for the holidays. Instead, we showed up to the South Shore to find zero powder and, instead, an icy tundra. That didn’t seem [...]
Skiing in a Winter Wonderland…and Living to Tell the Tale
December 19, 2010 By 25 Comments
SVV and I went in on a cabin share this winter, a first for the both of us. And what we’re paying collectively is what you might pay for two nights at a ski resort in the area—if you’re lucky. It was one of those no-brainers: How could we not take advantage of the opportunity? [...]
Snowshoes, Snowcats and Snowmobiles
December 13, 2010 By 14 Comments
**In honor of the beginning of the ski season, and the fact that we just returned from our first jaunt to Tahoe for the winter, SVV stopped by to recap one snowy weekend we had in Mammoth Mountain last January. The day began at the airport alongside a sexy little civilian jet that unfortunately, wasn’t [...]
Baby, It’s Cold Outside
December 6, 2010 By 30 Comments
By now, our annual ugly sweater jubilee has become something of tradition, so much so that she was on me to send out an e-vite the second the calendar registered November 1 and she was so eager to join the fun that she braved the drive-train-cab combo to come from Sacramento to the city for [...]
