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[26 Feb 2010 | One Comment | ]
What’s Your Walk Score?

Check it out. WalkScore.com.

It’s refreshing and great exercise. And if you’re like me, you get lost in your own thoughts whenever you go for a walk, but where is there to go?
Are there any parks nearby? Bars and restaurants to hang out with the friends? Or how about a nearby grocery store?
I love the idea of living an in urban environment where everything is walking distance, and anything not is easily accessible through public transportation. Unfortunately, living in Southern California, this lifestyle is almost non-existent, especially living in Orange County. …

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[24 Feb 2010 | 4 Comments | ]
Marmite? Jaffa Cakes? Head to the British Grocer!

After exiting the 91-motorway,  you can find yourself in a quaint little courtyard at the Villa del Sol center where a most unusual shop can be found.  Specializing in goods from the land of the Beatles,  Harry Potter, and James Bond, the British Grocer in Downtown Fullerton stocks it’s shelves full of British sweets and necessities.
Upon entering the shop, you’re greeted by shelves of sweets, tea sets, and the owner of the store, an old British lady whose voice made me smile and think of the memories of when I …