Ellen Bell on Nov 04 2011 | Filed under: Day Trips, Local History, Southern California
The last time you were shopping at the Irvine Marketplace, you probably didn’t even know it was there. If you were speeding down Jamboree westbound towards the 5 freeway, you might have missed it altogether. But tucked away behind old eucalyptus and pine trees, on the corner of Irvine Blvd and Jamboree, sits the Irvine [...]
ellenbbell on Aug 16 2011 | Filed under: Local History, Published Work, Writing
The story of Irvine goes back more than 200 years, to a time when it was a vast, sprawling ranch extending from the brush-covered foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains to the dramatic bluffs of the Pacific coast. Since that time, the Irvine Ranch has experienced a revolutionary change from pastoral wide-open spaces to [...]
ellenbbell on Aug 16 2011 | Filed under: Anaheim Angels, Baseball
19. A pivotal age. A “jumping off” point in life. A time when you’re young enough to dream big dreams and old enough to believe that they are about to come true. I spent the weekend watching 19 year-old Mike Trout live out his childhood dreams as he took his place in center field. Where [...]
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