Hello friends. Today I’m excited to be bringing you an exclusive opportunity for you to see Hamilton! I’m sharing this with you today because I think it would make an incredible holiday gift for the most important person in your life. As many of you know I love to travel! I also love the theater, […]
5 BEST KEPT TRAVEL SECRETS Greetings! Thanks for stopping in today. I’ve been a bit absent of late from the blog, having been overwhelmed by wedding prep, and since the big day, traveling a bit. Thus, I’ve had little time for blogging. But in planning a recent trip to South Florida, and working on an […]
TOP 10 PLACES TO VISIT ON AN ALASKA CRUISE The following post is in partnership with Celebrity Cruises. Greetings and thanks for stopping in! I’m coming to you today after having just returned from a short trip to Lake Tahoe where we visited 2 sets of friends. It was what we called our “decompression recovery […]
Hello and thanks very much for visiting After Orange County. Today we’ll be checking into the magnificent Mission Inn Hotel and Spa, a historic hotel located in Riverside, California. It’s where Brad and I recently stayed in celebration of our wedding anniversary. The Clock Tower & Ornate Four-Story Courtyard As a Southern California native, I’ve […]
Greetings! I hope your New Year is starting off well. My New Year will involve, as usual, a lot of travel. We have trips planned for Chicago, Washington DC, Denver, San Diego and Great Britain, and I’m sure we will manage to fit in several more trips as well in 2018. And, now that the […]
I bet you didn’t know about this place… I say this because it wasn’t until just recently that I learned about it myself. It’s another one of Southern California’s best kept secrets, and it’s called Rancho de Philo Vineyards & Winery. Located in Alta Loma, a small foothill community near Rancho Cucamonga, Rancho de Philo […]
Hello and thank you for stopping in today for a visit to the oldest winery in Austria: Nikolaihof. We visited this beautiful and ancient winery as a shore excursion on our Uniworld Riverboat Cruise down the Danube River. You may recall I took you on a tour of our magnificent ship, the S.S. Maria Theresa, […]
Welcome! Thanks for stopping in. Today I’m excited to share with you Lake Arrowhead’s best kept secret. Little did I know until recently that located right here in the San Bernardino mountains is a very special winery. It’s called Sycamore Ranch Vineyard & Winery and it’s a real treasure to our mountain community. Perched at […]
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.
