A Shakespeare Experience in California

I posted on The Bard and the Bible Blog about a recent visit to a unique spot filled with Shakespeareana in California. Check it out (here).

Shanahan Cabin at The Cove, Asheville NC

Speaking at The Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove is always a delightful experience, but it was made more so last week at the Asheville Christian Writers Conference by the accommodations I enjoyed in the Shanahan Cabin (if I remember correctly), which sits in the woods up a long and winding gravel drive from the main driveway through the grounds.

Wow. When I texted my family the photos, my daughter supposed I had found my dream house so I'd never be coming home. If I had had the lovely Robin with me, that would have been very tempting.

There was another (larger) bedroom and a second private bathroom, but I let my roommate have those. That's just the kind of guy I am. 

I could have stayed much longer, but of course missed my wife and family, so I left when I was supposed to. But it wasn't easy. 

Eureka Restaurant, Cupertino CA

Apple Park, Cupertino CA

Last week the lovely Robin and I visited (with our son and his family) Apple Park, the new "mother ship" of the Apple universe in Cupertino, California. We didn't get to go into the actual spaceship-like headquarters but visited the visitors' center, as visiting visitors are apt to do.

We were each issued an iPad that "animated" the model so that a full rendering could be viewed and adjusted, lifting off roofs and pointing inside buildings and rooms, etc. Amazing. 

I was a little disappointed that we couldn't simply beam up to a different location but they probably save that for special visitors. Who are visiting. In the Visitors Center. 

Betto's Bistro, Morgan Hill CA

 Betto's Bistro is located in Morgan Hill, California. I got to visit with my son, daughter-in-law, and grandkids Miles and Mia, which made the experience pretty perfect, if not necessarily economical.