Mom and Blogger, but not necessarily a Mommy Blogger. Sugar Jones: writing about life unrefined.
I knew it was going to be a big one, but I had not idea what was coming. The year started off with a fabulous trip to Ford headquarters in Detroit. You know what? 9 degrees in January is really not that bad! As part of a group of bloggers and journalists hosted by Ford, [...]
One of my favorite places to spend the day is the place where I held my favorite summer job as a teen: Knott’s Berry Farm. Whenever I go back, I feel like a kid again! I recently got to go as a guest of the park with my kids and several other bloggers and their [...]
At the north end of San Diego’s downtown district is Little Italy, a neighborhood that is an eclectic mix of modern and old world. Old men in slacks and sweaters sip espressos as the business hipsters walk downtown to work or come out from their live/work lofts for a bite to eat. A full palette [...]
We don’t get much rain here. When we do, people tend to freak out. They either forget to slow down or are so paralyzed by the strange droplets falling from the sky that they forget to hit the gas. In the little time that I was out on the road yesterday, I passed one overturned [...]
Today was a really sweet day. My day started with a morning walk/jog on The Strand. My old “flat tires” were causing me too many aches and I’ve missed too many mornings watching the sun come up over the water. I finally bought a new pair of runners yesterday. I was super happy to break [...]
If you’re not from here, you won’t know that San Diego is a BIG place. You might be familiar with our well known attractions like Sea World just across the Coronado Bridge from The Hotel Del. You might even recognize images of the hip bars and nightclubs of The Gaslamp. Some of you might even [...]
Last Saturday, my good friend, Sondra (aka @Hip_M0M) and I were in the Fiji Water Social Media Scavenger Hunt. We didn’t win the trip to Fiji. And for some unknown reason, we didn’t win best team uniform. I’m still irritated about that. As with any scavenger hunt, the objective is to collect items on the [...]
