Category: CALIFORNIA
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Buying, selling, moving…
My parents were not the typical types; they were never interested in owning a house… My dad was an actuary (retired now), so he was making good money, enough for my mom to be a stay-at-home mom. But when it came to priorities in life, they always put “experiences” before ownership. That means that instead…
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A day with Indiana
It’s been 6 months since she left us. I can’t believe how fast it has been; I feel it happened yesterday. And just like I promised her, I have missed her every single day. Grief is a never-ending pain; you just learn to live with it like a hole in your heart there to stay.…
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I bought a house (when nobody would)
I still barely feel like an adult. I thought it would come one day, like the taste for wine. But it never hit. I am a rather fully functional adult from the outside though, I have a career, I am married,…. but that never made me feel like an adult. I still lapsus “to school…”…
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When did Autumn become my favorite season?
It used to be Spring. It’s been about 3 years now that I have noticed the change. I used to hate Fall, especially back in Belgium, because it meant the return of the cold and rainy days, plus being back to school. It was so depressing. I am Spring baby, and that was always at…
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Visiting the Broad
I have a love/hate relationship with Art Museums. Like most, I love to visit them, flow through the rooms, and look at pieces that are either iconic or evoke something inside me. That’s what Art is about right? Expressing something and making it feel somehow. When it comes to contemporary Art, I am starting to…
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Ventura
Just an hour North of the limits of LA county, the small town of Ventura lives slowly on the Pacific Coast. This hidden gem became one of our favorite spots for surf, and our second main activity Thrifting. Surf Culture With its 100,000 souls, Ventura is the classic California town, somehow, embodying the visuals of…
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Visiting the Getty Villa
When the surf is bad, it’s hard to find motivation to leave the house. Last week was one of those days; we spent all Friday in bed, probably still in a Halloween candy coma. When you don’t have a reason to leave the bed, why should you? The Santa Ana winds are back, and it’s…