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In This Post... A Peek Behind Burbanks Scenes Getting Behind Burbanks Scenes Was Easier than we Thought. Behind Burbanks Scenes at Warner Bros. Studio A Tiny Peek Behind Burbanks Scenes Making the Big Screen That Much Smaller A Peek Behind Burbanks Scenes D ubbed the “media capital of the world,” Burbank is home to some of the biggest companies in entertainment. Over the years Warner Bros, NBC, and Disney (among others) have produced hit TV shows and movies from this little city just north of Hollywood. Thankfully Burbank is also home to the Coast Anabelle hotel – the second stop of my #GreatCoastRoadTrip. Getting Behind Burbanks Scenes Was Easier than we Thought. The Coast Annabel hotel is conveniently located minutes away from world-famous studios making it the perfect jumping off point for heading behind Burbanks scenes. If the 5 minute drive is too much for you, head next door to the Coast Anabelle’s historic sister property, the Safari Inn, for a tast...

California. Where my Travel Addiction Began.   I am an explorer. I crave adventure. I seek the unknown. This is what is in me. This is what keeps me moving. This is why I hate to backtrack. An example of my habit/condition/lifestyle – after a recent trip to Sochi for the Winter Olympics I continued heading east until east became west again. Around the world all because of the freedom and adventure that comes with exploring. So why am I this way? California. Enjoying one amazing sunset with friends where my travel addiction began. Growing up in a small town in Northern Canada I was very isolated from the rest of the world. I knew of rocks, trees, long winters and not much else. Little did I know at the time, this was actually a blessing. Our first family vacation was to California, a place I knew nothing about let alone existed. To be fair I was 4 years old yet I remember the trip with vivid clarity. The beaches, the waves, the sunshine, the warmth – It was ...

Although Oakland and San Francisco are neighbors, located just minutes apart across the Bay, the two cities could not be more different.  Oakland has its own distinct history, sounds, tastes, its own social movements. While San Francisco’s flower children were dreamily Summer of Love-ing all over the place, the youth in Oakland were forming the Black Panthers and the Chicanos, declaring that Black is Beautiful and uniting to protect Latinos from being drafted into the Vietnam War. When the hippies returned home to work for the man, Oakland kept fighting: a handful of Black Panthers can still be seen running drills in Oakland today, their work – protecting people of color from racial injustice and police brutality – not yet finished. San Francisco sometimes feels like the future of American capitalism, but Oakland feels like the future of American populism.  And so while visiting San Francisco is its own kind of rad, visiting Oakland is completely, to...