Life is a Journey

Oh how I love older structures, especially homes! I recently found out that the Old Riverside Foundation conducts yearly tours of historic homes - and that they have been doing this for approximately twenty years.  TWENTY YEARS OF TOURS I'VE MISSED! Man, I was ticked when I found out - this was pretty much my reaction! I have scanned the booklet that was given to me upon check-in. It contains great information about the houses on the tour. Let's check out the first home on the tour! First, some information from the booklet and then my photo. In front of each house on the tour, there was an antique car - I guess to make the house easier to find? It worked! Unfortunately and to my dismay, no photos were allowed inside the homes. This is the second home on the tour. And now my photo. I fell in love with this old bathtub in their yard! Here is the info on home #3. How I wish I could show you the inside! I love the decorative y...

Note: Had some technical issues with this post but I believe they have all been fixed! I was lucky enough to win tickets to an Adam West Tribute show in Riverside for Saturday, July 15, 2017. I was jazzed because they would be screening the Batman movie! We had to pick up the tickets early so we decided to have dinner near the Fox Theater. My friend, Cecelia told me about a funky Mexican restaurant that sounded really cool so I was eager to check it out. At Taco Tios , we had tacos and tried to stay cool during an unbearably hot heat wave. The atmosphere of the place helped take my mind off of the heat for a while. What you see below is a close up shot of our table top. While waiting for our food, I started looking around and got the biggest kick out of all the unusual stuff used to decorate the place. After we ate, we started walking around and exploring the property. I didn't know which way to turn! I sat this and knew we HAD to take our pic here! Every singl...