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My Epic Life List | @chasingbeautyOC
OMar 28, 2016

To Lie Or Not To Lie…

  Truth is such a rare thing, it is delightful to tell it. ~Emily Dickinson   As friends, as family members, as teammates… too often we feel the need to lie about our experiences and accomplishments, simply to make ourselves appear bigger and better than we are. When we share our truths openly and honestly, […]


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Santa Cruz | My Epic Life List
OJan 7, 2016

Santa Cruz

It’s time to add Santa Cruz to your must-see list! Santa Cruz  is located on Cali’s Central Coast, 65 miles south of San Francisco and 35 miles north of Monterey. Nestled on the northern side of the Monterey Bay and lined with redwoods and mountains. Find over a 100 years of local surfing history at […]


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Big Sur | My Epic Life List
OJan 2, 2016

Point Lobos | A Mirror For The Sun

Point Lobos Just south of Carmel-by-the-sea starts the North end of Big Sur, California’s  90 mile stretch of magnificent coastline along Highway 1. We were heading down the coast going South, Point Lobos was our first stop. The fog rolling in over the cliffs and mountain side was like no other place I’ve ever visited. […]


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The Mission Inn|My Epic Life List
OAug 4, 2015

Nighttime Tour Of The Mission Inn

The Mission Inn, now known as The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa is located in Riverside, California.  It got it’s start as a cottage called ‘The Glenwood Hotel’ back in 1876 by a man named Christopher Columbus Miller.   In 1902, his son Frank Augustus Miller changed the name to the ‘Mission Inn’ and started […]


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710 Ashbury | My Epic Life List
OJun 16, 2015

710 Ashbury

The Grateful Dead House 710 Ashbury Street is an 1890 “Queen Anne” style building that was the communal home and headquarters of the “Grateful Dead” between October 1966 and March 1968. Various friends had lived in the building in the earlier part of the sixties.               Posted from Emeryville, California, United States.


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Pirate Tower | My Epic Life List
OMay 16, 2015

The Pirate Tower Of Victoria Beach

The Mystery of  The Pirate Tower     Victoria Beach a white sandy beach located in Laguna Beach, CA. On he north side of this secluded beach stands a tower. The old structure as it turns out was built as a spiral staircase access to the beach from the residence above  in 1926. The castle […]


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