Want more from your movie viewing than entertainment? I do, too, especially when watching movies with our daughter. We love to explore movies about the world (and that’s another post) – and watch old movies.

One of the cornerstones of our lives, holidays are something which require a great deal of thought and planning. From typical hotel based city-breaks to a week spent in beachside resorts, traditional holidays come in a variety of forms.

Picture this: late 19th century California. Artists and creative talent overflowing - in fact, some of California's greatest artists - often painting in artist studios repurposed from old Adobe buildings.

It was an explosion of art, spectacularly influenced by the colors and environment of California.

Have you booked the perfect hotel, only to arrive and discover it’s a dump, in a horrible neighborhood, AND it has bedbugs? Well, that hasn’t happened to me simultaneously but each HAS happened. And each time, I think, there has to be a better way to prevent this and indeed, there is.