travel

A trip to Africa by two MB police officers connects communities across the world    by Mark McDermott  One day in 1995, a 13-year-old girl named Nneka walked from her family’s home in the Nigerian village of Amuyi to a nearby body of water that was part pond, part muddy ditch. She and her 11-year-old […]

One thing you’re unlikely to ever do in the South Bay Bubble is fly over the area on a hot air balloon. For that, you’ll need to leave here, and visit Palm Springs, the Napa Valley or Temecula locally. Recently I spent two days in Temecula, a small town of 100,000 people about halfway between […]

If you’re looking for a great place to visit this summer, may I recommend a location that doesn’t get the national park crowds, yet is close enough to any of the parks that you could hit both of them or more during the same trip?  I’m sure you all know about Park City, the northern […]

This summer, many of us will head west for wide open skies, incredible scenery, American food and the chance to be in the great outdoors.  Zion National Park, Grand Canyon, Bryce, Yosemite and the California coast routinely get tons of visitors during the summer. Those who are willing to drive a little further (or fly) […]

Sicily had never been on our radar until some friends convinced us to check out the rugged, lush Italian island. Info on tackling where to go and what to do was overwhelming, but we went ahead anyway, learned a lot, got some great photos, met some amazing people and will never forget our time there. […]

As much as we love the Bubble, we do occasionally leave, and have been exploring the great non-L.A. California beach towns on recent episodes of PhotowalksTV, in search of great photo spots. This week, we’re in Carlsbad, the San Diego town known for the Flower Fields, a European style village, Legoland and the great beach. […]