Around the 3 a.m. hour on Tuesday, January 8, a massive mudslide swept down the hills through the cities of Carpinteria, Montecito and Summerland, with Montecito getting hit the hardest. Some of the slide made it all the way down to the beach area, carrying not just people but debris and vehicles. Although I live in [...]
If you need plans this weekend, I have the perfect event for you and your family/friends to enjoy. :) The California Avocado Festival is another one of my favorite events to attend in the Tri-County area. It is held the every year during the first weekend in October in Downtown Carpinteria (Santa Barbara County) on [...]
I love attending various annual events around the SoCal region, so I decided to add a new section on my blog called "Events and Festivals!" So there are three events that I always look forward to on Santa Barbara County, but the one I am focusing on today and my favorite that always happens the [...]
I have a question for born and raised Southern California residents that I just cannot figure out since I came here 7 years ago: Why don't you know where cities are in the region? I'm not saying you are all like this, but I feel like a majority of the people I talk to don't [...]
I'm going to tell you guys a funny story that happened a couple years ago when I was contemplating moving out of my apartment complex in Ventura County, which is a little over an hour north of LA and where I currently live. I saw this cottage in Montecito (in Santa Barbara County, about 1.5 [...]
If you just moved to the LA area and can't find that one job or internship you really want, or maybe you are just tired of rejection, the best way to gain new skills and network with others that have similar interests is by volunteering. No one wants to turn down someone who wants to [...]
