by Stella Jane | Jul 19, 2019 | North America, Travel, West
San Diego is not a city you hear too much about when you live on the East Coast. New Yorkers like me are too busy hating on Los Angeles or feeling competitive with San Francisco. So on my very first trip to…I’m trying to think of a nickname for San Diego... by Stella Jane | Jul 17, 2019 | North America, Travel, West
Usually on this blog, I begin my posts by explaining my preconceived notions of each destination. Then I go on to explain how the place I visited either defied or lived up to said expectations. But for my 24 hours in San Diego, I can do no such thing. San Diego is the... by Stella Jane | Jul 15, 2019 | North America, Travel, West
Like most Irish-Americans, my mother was a ride or die U2 fan. It feels I’ve been listening to the Joshua Tree album since I was a fetus. But who can complain about classics like “With or Without You”, “Where the Streets Have No Name”, or... by Stella Jane | Jul 12, 2019 | North America, Travel, West
As a happily single lady who lives in New York City, I sometimes like to daydream about where I would like to spend my winters once I retire. It needs to be someplace warm year-round. It needs to have a thriving cultural scene so I don’t get bored. (I have no... by Stella Jane | Jul 10, 2019 | North America, Travel, West
It’s been said that Los Angeles is a city of neighborhoods, and what neighborhood could be more famous than the glamorous Beverly Hills? Like all right-thinking Americans, my first impression of Beverly Hills came from a VHS copy of the Shelley Long cult... by Stella Jane | Jul 8, 2019 | North America, Travel, West
Regular readers of this blog know I’m a generally cheerful person. I can have a great time in a large Japanese city or a small town in Mississippi. But there is one city that has been my eternal nemesis: Los Angeles. Some call it the City of Angels, but to me it...