Articles by Al Graichen
Photographer "in residence", Motorsports Racer, and Wine Travel Guy. Al, originally from Methuen, MA, made his way west to the San Francisco Bay Area via Hershey, PA courtesy of H Ross Perot's EDS in the 1970's. Managing IT for EPRI (remember Chernobyl) and Pacific Bell in it 1980's, Al moved on to manage IT under contract with NASA in the 90's. With the downturn in government contracts he started his own consulting business to branch out to the commercial and financial sectors. Through it all he kept up with his passion for photography, motorsports racing, cycling and branching out into writing about travel and wine.
Alaska Airlines tickets from SFO to LTO have skyrocketed recently unless you can make plans 2-3 months in advance. Even then the cost of a ticket is getting rather pricey in comparison to just a couple years ...
It’s hard to believe that many of us celebrated the new year at our house and many more at La Mision and other venues in Loreto only 3 short weeks ago. The year is already going by ...
It’s difficult to believe I’ve been in Loreto for a month already. Its not so difficult for Tanni as she has to go home this weekend while I get another month to enjoy chasing contractors that are ...
It’s hard to believe this is day 1 of 2010. Just a few years ago Loreto Bay was not even a destination we considered traveling to, let alone a place to build a house ...
Many of the “kids” in for Christmas were seen off at the Loreto airport yesterday afternoon. As both Vista del Mar and Del Borracho were closed, the Porto Bella restaurant at the airport looked ...
The TCC Holiday Party was a resounding success. Cullen’s Sushi & Tacos de Puerco Asada were simply incredible and Bill’s Borracho Margaritas were just that; far better to be sipped not slurped. A great time ...
Saturday morning, the sun is bright and the sky is clear. It looks like another great day is in store. The morning would have been wonderful except for the racket ...
The sun was up and bright this morning, but by 9:00 you could see the clouds coming in and the wind beginning to kick up. The temperature did get into the high 70’s but the wind tended ...
Whew, day one of 60 or so in Loreto. It’s good to be back, but I’m still getting used to the changes we’ve made to the Holiday Season. The day started great; about 68 in ...
Cube is a small Italian cafe located in the heart of LA at 615 N. La Brea. Like most small upscale LA “small plate” restaurants, the price is up there, but so is the quality. There ...
It’s our final weekend in Loreto for a couple of months. December can not come soon enough, but at least we’re heading north just as the rains in our area back in ...
Sunday seemed like it was going to be a continuation of Saturday. Lots of sun and lots of mosquitos; It got one right and it wasn’t the sun. While still humid, the rain ...
The early morning sun was a bit warmer today (Saturday). The humidity was up a bit, but not too bad. We decided to walk the golf course around Agua Viva starting on the ...
