Check out this hidden gem of the Pacific Coast Highway on the Central California Coast. Cayucos offers a lot for its size.
Where have we been?
That's a good question. We decided to take a break from everything for a month and figure out what our future looks like. While there may not have been much resolution on the future, we did need to take a break from everything. Working on set for major TV shows and…
a bean by any other name...
Black Bean Pumpkin Chili sounds better than Whatever Kind of Bean You Have Pumpkin Chili. So I went with black bean. I typically use black bean, it's my favorite. But, I have also used pinto, red beans, and kidney beans because variety is the spice of life! Ryan doesn't…
What's there to do...
It seems that the consensus is that there are four main things to do in Star Wars Galaxy's edge. Ride Smuggler's Run, get something to drink at the Cantina, build a droid, and build a lightsaber at Savi's Workshop.
Since Galaxy's Edge opened, Su and I have really only experienced…
Recently Ryan and I had a break in-between projects down here in La La Land. We decided to make use of the time by taking a two week trip up north to visit family. The first week we stayed with Ryan's parents in their beautiful new home in Chico, CA.
They purchased the house…
We left Hobbiton in the late morning and continued our trip North. There is a lot to see on the Coromandel Peninsula, but we were running out of time. We only had a couple of days left before our flight home. Fortunately, our list of things to see was growing shorter.
Among the things left…
Rained out of Hobbiton
Rain.
The next morning in Matamata we woke to glorious rain. Or, it would have been glorious had we not been planning to pay a visit to the Shire that very afternoon. After a bit of discussion we decided to venture into town and see if we could change our Hobbiton…
The next part of our tour of the North Island took us to a spot recommended to us by our overnights hosts. Sharon and Pete told us we should stop by a nearby dam before we left Taupo. The dam releases water every couple of hours. It used to have a purpose for the…
One of the main things we learned while in New Zealand is that we liked the rural, mountainous regions. We couldn't wait to get out of the cities (so when we got home we moved to LA... go figure). We left Wellington after visiting one of the Lord of the Rings Filming Locations - Weta…
Our journey to the North Island had finally arrived. It was time to say goodbye to the South Island. It had treated us well. We were up early in Picton and made ourselves ready to make the crossing to Wellington.
The little port town of Picton.
The company that ferries from Picton to Wellington is Interislander.…