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Living in your Home, So Why Not Enjoy It

You’re living in your home, so why not enjoy it? Outstanding curb appeal doesn’t just welcome guests. It welcomes you home after a long day. So, if you want to make sure you’re making the most of your personal palace, consider some of these 24 curb appeal ideas we’ve assembled for you. Some are as simple as a trip to your local hardware store. Others are involved project...

VHS Cassette Culture is Alive and Rad

Photo credit: Envato Remember those skull-and-crossbones style warnings printed on record sleeves that ominously warned that “home taping is killing music”? If only they could have foreseen the digital grim reaper that’s descended on physical media over the last decade or so. Streaming still hasn’t taken enough of a shape for us to reliably know for sure where it&...

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Pumpkin Best Fall Specialty Drinks

Feature Image Credit: Janie Bruce The fall season comes with a surge of pumpkin, gingerbread, apple crisp, caramel, hot chocolate, and other delicious fall-themed flavored drinks. Here is our list of popular fall drinks and where you can snatch them up for your slurping pleasure. 1) Pumpkin Spice / Pumpkin Fall Specialty Drinks The Pumpkin Spice Latte and Pumpkin Spice Cold Brew fa...

Meet What Many Believe to Be the Oldest Palm Trees in Los Angeles

  Photo credit: Stuart Guest-Smith If you’ve visited Exposition Park in the last hundred years or so, you may have overlooked one of LA’s most unassuming luminaries. Yet, just in front of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum stands the oldest of the palm trees in Los Angeles. Or perhaps we should clarify the oldest known palm tree in LA. If age ain’t not...

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Decorating for Halloween Ideas

It’s that time of year where everyone on the block decorates their homes for the trick-or-treaters, and you need some creative decor, too! Ideas for decorations are plentiful, and so are the materials. From pumpkins to spiders to fake cobwebs, there are many ways to spook up your outdoor space in time for Halloween. What’s trending in the world of decorating your front ...

It's Pumpkin Spice Season For You

The air is getting crisp, the leaves are turning orange, and the flavor of pumpkin spice is filling the shelves of every market. Now that pumpkin spice season is here, it’s time for us to find out what are the most wow. Included some pumpkin products people are obsessing over, available online or in a store near you! Would you try any of these? Why is ever...

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Southern California Adores Its Giant Pumpkins

Featured image credit: Jim Heimman from his book California Crazy & Beyond – Roadside Vernacular Architecture It’s understated to be sure, but there’s something special about the autumn in Southern California. You wouldn’t think our arid, sunny, and often sweltering atmosphere would be particularly welcoming of cinnamon and spice. And, sure, you won’t f...

Tips to Spruce up Your Living Spaces

This list of affordable home décor updates will surely get you inspired! Here are a few tips to spruce up your living space without breaking the bank. 1. Bring on the Metallics One quick way to modernize your home décor is to add a little shine!  Pick up a new shiny silver vase or even a beautiful gold side table.  Swap out your plain pot stands for nice metalli...

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Ranking the Las Vegas Cirue du Soleil Residency Shows

Featured image credit: Hermann Luyken Cirque du Soleil has become such a fixture of the Las Vegas experience that it’s hard to recall that the first permanent venture was a major risk. Up until then, the expectations of Las Vegas nightlife were drastically different. While most will agree that Siegfried and Roy did the heavy lifting of the Vegas entertainment revolution,...

The Beauty of Long Beach

The area is known for its small town feel, family and pet friendly parks, bike friendly community, jogging, walking, and outdoor activities.  The area is home to many parks, biking, walking to local shopping and restaurants, outdoor festivals, Waterfront Aquarium of the Pacific touch tanks and shark lagoon, is a public aquarium on a 5-acre site on Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach....