Category Archives: Trippy Happenings (Events)

Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog

Halloween in Salem, Massachuestts Salem, Massachusetts is as synonymous with Halloween as Times Square is with New Year’s Eve, and with good reason; Salem has the dubious reputation of having burned witches at the stake in the early years of … Continue reading

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Extending The Olive Branch

El Paso del Robles, California Paso Robles Olive Festival It’s hard to imagine a festival centered on the humble olive, but since 2004, the city of El Paso del Robles, California has taken celebrating the Middle Eastern fruit tree to extravaganza status. … Continue reading

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A Story That’s Not Hard To Swallow

San Juan Capistrano, California Fiesta de Las Golondrinas In 1776, while the English colonists were throwing down with the British in the east, Spain was having its way with the Acjachemen band of native Americans in the west, founding a … Continue reading

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I Think I’ll Go Eat Worms

Eat Bug Eat Event Machine Project, Los Angeles, California Miriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines a worm as “any of numerous relatively small elongated usually naked and soft-bodied animals (as a grub, pinworm, tapeworm, shipworm, or slowworm)”. In my mind, I picture the … Continue reading

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King For A Day

Pismo Beach, California Monarch Day Europe has its crowned heads, and North America has is own monarchs – the Monarch butterfly. Probably the most recognizable butterfly in North America (or at least a close tie with the yellow and black … Continue reading

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