Some readers might remember the Portland tradition of hunting for the Santa Clones.  The short story is that a fellow named  Chris Willis  h...

Recently I pulled up an old blog post from 2015; " Holiday cartoon déjà vu.. ."  In that post I visited Marbott's , a local ...

As is my tradition, on the day after Thanksgiving I cued up the Christmas music and pulled out the holiday decorations. I wasn't feeling...

Mid-November I visited the Los Angeles County Arboretum. The garden was set-up for a light show and closing came early, visitors needed to l...