Written by parents, for parents, this opinionated, personal, and easy-to-use guide has hundreds of ideas to keep the kids entertained for an hour, a day, or a weekend! Fun with the Family Southern California leads the way to amusement parks, historical attractions, children’s museums, wildlife habitats, festivals, parks, and much more. The whole family will enjoy . . . Sampling aebleskiver (Danish pancake balls) in Solvang—the region’s “little bit of Denmark” Getting sea legs on a whale watch in the Santa Barbara Channel Strolling the Walk of Fame in Los Angeles Traveling back to the 1920s on the Fillmore & Western Railway
Day Trips® from Los Angeles is packed with hundreds of exciting things for locals and vacationers to do, see, and discover not far from Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles County has 9.8 million residents, and more than 60% of all visitors to Santa Barbara—a big part of this book—are from Los Angeles County! Trips are listed geographically, starting closest to downtown Los Angeles and radiating outward. Despite Southern California’s car-crazy reputation, this guide includes car-free options where applicable. * Do something star-studded: Explore Hollywood, Burbank, and Universal City & Universal Studios. * Do something sunny: Visit Malibu, twenty-three miles of sun, sand, and surf; Santa Catalina Island, a world away twenty-six miles out to sea; or Marina Del Rey/Venice Beach, quintessential So Cal. * Do something kid-approved: Get a taste of Buena Park/Knott’s Berry Farm, or visit the Happiest Place on Planet Southern California, Anaheim/Disneyland.
IT WASN'T HIS FIRST DEAD BODY. AND IT MIGHT NOT BE HIS LAST. Barely twenty-four hours after arriving in Broken Bones, Arizona, Eric Santellis discovered a body in his shed. Luckily, he had an alibi: he'd been in prison when the lady had taken her last breath. Then a second corpse turned up and, surprise, surprise, it was a cop. Instead of being blamed for a murder—or two—Eric began helping the lovely Ruth Atkins investigate her husband's death. But the killer could be closer than they realized. And fi nding him might be their biggest test of faith yet.
The connoisseur of wine relies on his sense of taste. For centuries, connoisseurs of wine have refined the art of appraising, selecting and appreciating wines. Labels, vintages, regions -- all these are considered, but the one central criterion of the wine professional, upon which all his other judgments are based, is: What does it taste like? How sharp is it? How sweet? How dry? What is it like in the glass? 'The Taste of Wine' concentrates on the one element that will give you a practical knowledge of wine. It examines how a wine tastes: how the taste varies, how to distinguish the different types, how to classify them, how to serve them and how to plan them with food. Written with humor and expertise and without jargon by Pamela Vandyke Price, one of the world's greatest wine authorities, it is the first book to reveal the standards of the professional wine taster in terms that anyone can understand and use. Whether considering still wines, sparkling wines, red, white, pink or fortified, you'll be able to select and enjoy them in a way that will meet both your taste and your budget. In addition, 'The Taste of Wine' offers a complete compendium of basic wine information to enhance you background knowledge. Embellished with 350 illustrations -- 32 pages in full color -- it gives you a history of wine and wine-making; the varieties of grapes; the techniques of growing them, of making different wines, and selling, shipping and bottling them; a general introduction to selecting, opening, serving and storing wines; a detailed survey of the wines of the world; a glossary and index; and a foreword by Baron Elie de Rothschild of Château Lafite."--
Find the answers to curious questions associated with wine in this new book by England's doyenne of wine writers. A lively book for beginners and more experienced wine lovers--all will find much to savor.
A guide to hundreds of fun-and many free-things families can see and do in Southern California, making it an invaluable reference for both residents and out-of-state visitors. Features: Disney's new (2000) "California" amusement park; fantastic recreation opportunities in the mile-high town of Idyllwild in the San Jacinto Mountains; the pristine beaches of the Coronado peninuslas.
Globe Pequot's Fun with the Family "TM" series (formerly Family Adventures Guides "TM" ) leads the way to the best family travel spots in 26 states. Written by parents for parents, this new and improved series is opinionated, personal, and full of useful information. These revised guides feature detailed lists of restaurants and lodgings for each destination, precise maps, age-appropriate guidelines, and quick-reference icons in each entry. Reliable and fun to read, this series gives the lowdown on the most entertaining and educational places to go with younger children.
The author came to write about wine almost by chance when Allan Sichel took her on a buying trip to distract her from a personal grief. In this book she describes the changes that have occurred in the wine world in the 30 years since she started writing.
Cool Scrapbooks" introduces readers to fun craft projects in an easy-to-read format. Step-by-step instructions and accompanying photographs guide young artisans through the creative process. Full color.
Whether you're starting from scratch or starting over, this book will show you how to do a professional-looking landscape job. Besides providing a pleasant space in which to relax, play and entertain, a beautiful landscape can add thousands of dollars to the value of your home. Landscape gives you the commonsense help you need to get the results you want.
Comprehensive subject reviews for Reading, English, Math, and Science. Indexed to find topics easily. Key test-taking strategies for achieving a higher ACT score.
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