My niece's birthday is on December 24, so her party always takes place a couple of weeks earlier because what kids can attend a function on Christmas Eve? Children gotta be in bed before the Fat Man parks his sled on the roof. Yet the celebration inevitably has a lot of overlap with the holidays--making...
There is on ongoing debate among Los Angeles hoops fans about who is the greatest Laker: Kobe or Magic? And then there are old-timers who bring up Mr. Clutch and Wilt the Stilt. But how can any of those legends be the greatest player to don the Purple & Gold when another Laker is the...
I went to San Diego Comic Con and didn't step into Hall H even once. No Walking Dead panel, no Deadpool preview, no Star Wars sightings. But I had a great time, saw a ton of old friends and amazing artists, and sat in on a number of panels without having to wait in a...
Last weekend after dinner at my brother's house in San Diego, our families went for a walk so our little girls could see Christmas lights. There are five or six blocks in the Clairemont neighborhood where every single resident goes all-out with holiday decorating, and we check it out every year. Who says that California...