The stuff that now passes as "music", particularly rock 'n roll, leaves me cold. So, to start off the week, here's a video...

Above, Dolphin Quest at the Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Now that we're creeping towards summer, n...

Above, the S.S. Catalina anchored off Long Beach in the early 1980s. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Below is a video of the final phase of the scr...

Above, yours truly on Catalina Island in 1974. A discussion on the draft in a RV forum I belong to got me to take a look at how I far...

Above, yours truly with Andrew after the ceremonies. Photo by Jeff Guba. The George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management hel...

Above, Denise and I at Old Tony's at the Redondo Beach Pier. Today, Denise and I headed down to the Redondo Beach Pier to celebra...

Above, yours truly in Avalon in 1974 at the ripe old age of 20. The first time I went to Santa Catalina Island was in the summer of...

Above, Steve Born (right) poses with a plaque commemorating The Ridge Route with Glenn Thornhill. Steven Born, XNGH of the Peter Lebeck Chap...

Summer is here. I thought this would be a good time to take a look back at another summer when two friends and I went to Catalina Island ab...

I was perusing my library of pamplets and booklets the other day and came across one called The San Pedro & Catalina Island Railroad:...