The author, Alexandre Duma’s, famous epic, The Count of Monte Cristo, was written and published serially in 1846. In this book, the protagonist, Edmund Dantes, was wrongfully imprisoned on Château d’If off the coast of Marseille, France. After fourteen years in prison, he escapes dramatically by posing as the corpse of his recently deceased prison… Continue reading The Count of Monte Cristo
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👑 Catalina Channel 👑
Well…I have a lot of L.A. stories however this story I will remember for a long time to come! In fact, it will be hard not to think about this story every time I fly in and out of LAX as I will be looking down at the Catalina Channel knowing I swam across it… Continue reading 👑 Catalina Channel 👑
High on a hill, it calls to me…
What calls to me is…San Francisco, likely my favorite American city. Legendary San Francisco Chronicle columnist, Herb Caen said it best, “One day if I got to heaven…I’ll look around and say, ‘It ain’t bad, but it ain’t San Francisco’”. Family vacation brought us to San Francisco and Stinson Beach in Marin County. To me… Continue reading High on a hill, it calls to me…
