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The year began with a blowout

I haven’t blogged in 20 days. Sorry! But, for good reason. I’ll get to that in a minute. But, yes, literally, the year began with a blowout. We were on the way to church, when the front passenger-side tire (the … Continue reading

20. January 2012 by darleene
Categories: Driving, Mommyblogging, Southern California | Tags: , , , , , | 1 comment

A night at the Americana at Brand

Six or so years ago, my Glendale News-Press coworkers and I were so sick of hearing about the proposed Americana at Brand. We’d done seemingly millions of stories abut the project — traffic impact, projected revenues for the city, and most importantly, the conflict with the company that owns the neighboring Glendale Galleria. Continue reading

05. December 2011 by darleene
Categories: Glendale, Southern California | Tags: , , , | Leave a comment

Afternoon at the Huntington

Alas, when you have kids, especially a newborn, you have to kind forget the clock and basically run your visit around what your toddler will have fun doing. Continue reading

12. October 2011 by darleene
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End of a vacation

Vacations, no matter how many weeks you take off, are always too short. Continue reading

06. June 2011 by darleene
Categories: Family, Friends, Mommyblogging, Southern California, Things to do, Vacation | Tags: , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Ventura County jury duty

After taking a couple days off work to hang out with one of my very good friends visiting from Boston, I walked into my first day of jury duty in Ventura County, which was in — surprise — Ventura. Jury … Continue reading

02. February 2011 by darleene
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