California turned FOUR yesterday, so we had a party for him at our house. When we received the gifts that we had ordered from Amazon.com, we noticed that we had TONS and TONS of paper that had been used as packaging. There was literally so much paper that I could not see the living room floor (see pic...

We love to support local small businesses when we get the chance to do so!  The Good Pizza in the communities of Westchester and Playa del Rey in Los Angeles makes it easy to support local small businesses because their pizza is so yummy, so healthy and can be personalized to meet each person’s...

Do you like this art?  Go to Papayaart dot com to see more designs like this one.  They sell gorgeous cards for every occasion, totebags, journals, calendars, art prints, water bottles and much more featuring creative designs similar to what is shown above. Every year during the holiday season, we...

On November 13, 2009, the movie 2012  premiered in theaters across the country.  We saw the ads for this movie in every nook and around every corner in L.A. and in cities nationwide.  Billboard slogans ranged from “2012:  Google It” to “2012:  Will You Survive?” to simply...

Tsunami preparedness information has been issued to residents of Los Angeles that live near the coast in the form of brochures and PDF files. These brochures/PDF files address the communities of Venice, West Los Angeles and the Harbor area of L.A., however the brochure also points out that “all...

We had the privilege of meeting a turkey a few years ago at the Gentle Barn (which was located in Tarzana, CA at the time).  He was such a sweet, gentle bird.  He followed us around and loved to be petted.  Our experience with Tommy (the turkey) mirrors that of Erik Marcus, the author of Vegan:...

Come on down and get yourself an earthquake; we have plenty here at Earthquakes R Us because this is earthquake country! We have many different faults to choose from just in the Los Angeles area alone. Here is a diagram of our faults. Each line that you see is a fault, we have them in many different...

Every year we go pumpkin picking at Underwood Family Farms . It is located at 3370 Sunset Valley Road Moorpark,CA 93021 (805) 529-3690. This year they will be celebrating their 15th Annual Harvest Festival. If you live in the Los Angeles area, this is worth the drive as you can see below. When we arrived...

We were all still sick with the flu on Valentines Day last year, so there wasn’t much of a celebration at our house. I wanted to show my boys how much their love is important to me, so we made heart shaped pizzas. It was especially fun for Tennessee because he got to choose his toppings, how much...

We have always wanted to have solar panels, but wasn’t able to because we rented.  Luckily, we were able to buy our own home last year, so the first thing we did was research solar power.  I came across Real Goods Solar and found out that they have been putting solar panels on roofs since 1978. ...