I am tickled pink that my DC dwelling son and his family will be joining us here in Lake Arrowhead again this year for Easter week. I don’t think we will be celebrating easter at the Langham Huntington Hotel again this year, but we sure did have a great time there last year. You may […]
Hello friends and Happy New Year! Las Vegas is a popular place to celebrate the New Year. Have you ever wondered where the high rollers stay in Vegas? Well, one such place is in a suite at the Palazzo Hotel, part of the Venetian complex on the Las Vegas strip. I had the very good […]
Hello there! Today we’ll be checking into the Stanhope Hotel Brussels. If you saw my last blog post then you know we have just returned from a trip to Europe that took us to 6 countries. First stop on the itinerary: Brussels, Belgium. Brussels has been the de facto capital of Europe for decades. This […]
Dear friends, You may have noticed that I haven’t been doing as much posting as I normally do. Well, that’s because I’ve been busy traveling and planning for more travels, and hosting a visit from my dear old dad for the past week up here in Lake Arrowhead. I was also experiencing some annoying malfunctions […]
Greetings from New York City. Our recent cruise to Bermuda started and ended in NYC so we decided to spend a couple of days in The Big Apple at the tail end of the cruise. This time we stayed at a relatively new hotel called The Ludlow (opened in June 2014) and I fell in […]
Greetings from The City Club Hotel NYC. If you’ve been following along lately you may know that we recently took our youngest son Austin to NYC and then on a cruise to Bermuda. Prior to our cruise we stayed in this hotel, which is centrally located on 44th Street between 4th & 5th Avenues in […]
Hi there! Last week I invited you to a beautiful engagement party. Did you see that post? If not, you can view it by clicking here. That party took place in Scottsdale, Arizona at the magnificent home of my friend Jen. My entire family flew in for the big event. Nathan & family from DC, […]
Greetings from Savannah, Georgia. After an exhaustive search of the hotels in Savannah during the planning process for our Southern Road Trip, I finally decided on The Hamilton Turner Inn. Located in the heart of historic downtown Savannah, it is very centrally located to all of the sites. I have to be honest, not many […]
After Orange County is a publication dedicated to living life in the slow lane. I escaped The OC for life at a higher elevation. Leaving suburbia behind, I now live in the beautiful mountain resort of Lake Arrowhead. Join me at 5,000 feet above and beyond as I cook, garden, renovate, entertain, travel and live life After Orange County.
