Cable Cars and a Golden Gate

To spend a day in San Francisco on a sunny spring afternoon is to spend a day of happiness.  Our very last day of our long California weekend brought us to the beautiful city, which we flew out of later that night.  We all piled into three separate vehicles and drove the two hours from …

California Spontaneity at its Best

Back about a month and a half ago, at the end of May, my sister and I were invited on a very spontaneous trip to California.  My sister’s best friend’s family was going out to see her aunt and uncle, and we had been talking a little bit about it.  We were just saying that …

Six Tips for Surviving a Trans-Continental Flight

A few weeks ago I had the amazing and very spontaneous opportunity to go to California for a long weekend.  It was a whirlwind trip, seeing several cities in the state in just over three days.  But to get there, I had to endure a long (5 hour) trans-continental flight from Philadelphia to San Diego, and for …