Southern California 2012

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Monday, January 16, 2012

Historic Georgian Hotel: Santa Monica

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The Georgian Hotel first opened in 1933. Back then, the Pacific Coast Highway was lined with infamous nightclubs in an ...
Sunday, January 15, 2012

Griffith Observatory

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This Art-Deco styled observatory stands on 3,000 acres donated to the City of Los Angeles by Col. Griffith J. Griffith in 1896. In his wil...
Saturday, January 14, 2012

Getty Villa (Malibu)

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After a recent $275 million facelift in 2006, the J. Paul Getty Villa Museum, set along a 64 acre canyon above the Pacific Coast Highway in...
Friday, January 13, 2012

Queen Mary in Long Beach

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The RMS Queen Mary is a piece of maritime history, launched as a trans-Atlantic luxury liner in 1936; it's also a ship hotel (Historic...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

Catalina Island

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After the smog and freeway gridlock of Los Angeles , an excursion to Santa Catalina Island , with its clean air, clear water and blissful ab...
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San Diego Old Town

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Re-creating life of the city during the mid-nineteenth century, Old Town is where San Diego's Mexican heritage is most evident. The com...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Balboa Park

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San Diego's crown jewel is Balboa Park, at 1,174 acres the largest urban cultural park in the nation. The park was established in 1868 ...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Coronado Island

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Built in 1888 across from San Diego harbor, the turreted original wooden Victorian seaside Hotel del Coronado is a national treasure. Mill...

San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter

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The revived historic Gaslamp Quarter is a mecca for shopping, entertainment and dining establishments, but is started out as a rough and t...
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