This is a guest post from Chrissi Hernandez, a lovely travel blogger (and talented Creative Director who has worked on projects for Sephora, Ipsy, and thredUP!) who lives in Southern California. She is a bit of an expert on...
Weekend Adventures: Palm Springs
After our two weeks in Paris, we were home for a few days and then headed to Palm Springs where Mr. Misadventures was going to be attending a workshop. We hadn’t been to the area since we spent 2...
36 Hours in Anaheim – Eat, Play and Stay
Disclosure: This post was created in collaboration with InterContinental Hotels Group. As always, all experiences and opinions are my own. Are you heading to Anaheim for a conference or trade show and wondering what to do? Don’t underestimate the...
Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree National Park is well loved by people in Southern California and it’s famous for its stars. Mr. Misadventures and I spent a long weekend in Palm Springs in 2011 and visited the park but didn’t spend a...
Falling in Love in Monterey County
This is a sponsored post about Monterey County written on behalf of See Monterey. The love story and opinions are all my own. After reading my story, comment for a chance to win a complete trip package, including 2...
5 Things to Do While Staying in Borrego Springs
We spent three weeks in Borrego-Springs, our first official stop for Project Escape. It could not have been a better location for us. Besides all the great stuff we did in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, we got out...
Locals I Love – An Afternoon at Seley Ranch
During our first week in Borrego Springs, Mr. Misadventures and I were immensely enjoying the local grapefruit. At least once a day on our way in or out of Borrego Springs, we drove by Seley Ranch. By the end...
Cruising around the Salton Sea
The Salton Sea story is a long one. It ebbs and flows with many victories and defeats. There is a very detailed explanation about its natural history on Wikipedia, I won’t repeat it here. There is a briefer and...
7 Things to Do in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
It was a total fluke that we found the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. We were Googling “RV parks in San Diego” and The Springs at Borrego RV Resort, where we ended up staying, came up. Which led us to...
In Pursuit of Happiness
This sponsored post is part of my ongoing project #ExperienceBuick. Throughout 2015, I will be experiencing Buick through a series of events and initiatives that reinforce what this American car manufacturer brand is all about. My trip to Los...
Weekend Misadventures: Yosemite
Despite the fact that I have lived in Northern California off-and-on for more that 20 years, Yosemite was a park that had alluded me. Mr. Misadventures and I accidentally stumbled through Yosemite Valley two years ago when returning...
Sacramento’s Marvelous Midtown – Mulvaney’s B&L
Farm to fork in California’s capitol city is not a fad. In Sacramento it is serious business. There is even a Farm to Fork Festival in the fall. I personally think one day it will out-rival Portland’s Eatfest. Why?...