I’m sure by now that my blog’s followers as well as my FB friends know of my love–no, lust–for travel. Most people can’t stand it anymore, claiming that airport security and airline scrimping have transformed air travel into a pain rather than a pleasure. So to avoid some of the nonsense, I went on a road trip with my mom to Santa Barbara. There, we stayed at her cousin’s home in Montecito and visited with my nephew Alex, a freshman at SBCC.

Renee, my mom and my nephew in Renee's beautiful back yard

The next sushi king at his workplace

The drive to and from NoCal was a PITA, but I’d do it again just to go to the beach!

Local beaches are justly famed