January 2010
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The Beachcomber Cafe | Newport Beach
I’m pretty sure every beach town in the world has some place called The Beachcomber - whether it’s a dive bar on the boardwalk or a luxury boutique hotel right on the water. For my money, one of the best so named is nestled right on the sand in Crystal Cove State Park in Southern California. If you find yourself in Laguna or Newport seek out this hidden gem off the stretch of Pacific...
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Source: The Los Angeles Times (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times / July 25, 1997)
I was skimming through The Los Angeles Times and came across some rather sad news. J. Putnam Henck, the builder and operator of the late great Santa’s Village near Lake Arrowhead, passed away at the age of 91. Santa’s Village opened in 1955, shortly before Disneyland, and enjoyed a good long run before...
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I never thought much about middle age until I did the math. After recently celebrating my 35th birthday it’s hard to deny that if I haven’t eclipsed middle age, I am at the very least rapidly approaching it. And I have to acknowledge, given the way I’ve lived my life until this point, reaching even 70 is no sure thing.
So it seems part of being The Wandering Chicken is dealing with middle age and...
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I retain no memory of my first trip. My family traveled from our home in the San Fernando Valley to Portland, Oregon, but I was too young then and am too old now to have any recollection of it. But it must have made an impression for a year later, when we embarked on our first major trip to Hawaii, I packed my cheap little suitcase a full week in advance. My parents still laugh how, out of...
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“And I, I took the road less traveled by, and that has been the crux of the...”
– The Wandering Chicken