Within Coachella Valley, public art is easy to come by. There are sculptures and murals from Palm Springs to Coachella, sponsored by public and private donors whose mission is to bring art to the people. To see a lot of art in one place, you can’t beat the Faye Sarkowsky Sculpture Garden. Thank you to …
It wouldn’t be a trip to the desert without a trip to Palm Desert’s Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, whose mission is to preserve, protect and restore natural environments, ecosystems and wildlife. A family membership here is money well spent. The reason we appreciate this zoo so much is because the animal experiences are more …
Each Thursday before Halloween Oceanside’s Thursday Sunset Market is transformed into Haunted Market, where kids can don their Halloween costumes and go from booth to booth trick-or-treating for candy, honey sticks and miniature cheesecakes. Sunset Market is amazing but this festive version is even better.
2023 marks Oceanside’s 22nd annual Día de los Muertos event. This is the third year that the backdrop of one of my favorite events of the year is historic Downtown Oceanside. There is so much color, culture, craft and cempasúchil (marigold) in one place. The woman in the white huipil makes a life size paper …
It is mid October. There are a lot of cities and states that are smelling winter in the air as the weather cools through fall. But we live in Oceanside, where the sent of sunblock, seaweed, and melted popsicles never goes away.
Heritage Park is a small Oceanside city park with a collection of historic Oceanside buildings constructed in the late 1800s. Usually these buildings are closed to the public but today, as Oceanside Park and Rec volunteers passed out candy, the interior were revealed. I was expecting pumpkin painting, costumes, trick-or-treating and a movie on the …
The Murrieta Rod Run is a two day event located in Downtown Murrieta. 100% of the proceeds are donated to Oak Grove Center, a nonprofit residential, education and treatment center for about 800 at-risk and special needs youth. Although the first Murrieta Rod Run was held a decade ago, this is my first time attending. …