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Sun Valley Jose Mier Sends Flowers

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Highlighting Bardwell’s Florist

 

Sun Valley Jose Mier’s purpose is to promote our community’s economy and today we’re taking the opportunity to talk about a well-known florist, Bardwell’s located at 8820 Sunland Blvd Sun Valley, CA, 91352. Bardwell’s is hard to miss. I’m sure you’ve driven past it just as we have man,y many times because it’s located in that triangle section at the intersection of Sunland Boulevard and Glenoaks.

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bardwell’s florist website sun valley ca

Lord knows we certainly need to lift our spirits this year and one of the best ways to do this is to send or receive flowers. With Christmas fast approaching it’s a good idea to get your order in soon and send flowers to family or friends, especially the ones that you are prevented from seeing due to our coronavirus restrictions.

If you take a look at Bardwell’s website you’ll see they are a full-service florist and you can easily order from them online without even having to visit. Rest assured, however, that your order is going to be taken care of professionally and promptly. Bardwell’s has been a fixture in Sun Valley for many, many years and it’s one reason want to highlight them today.

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sun valley jose mier flower bouquet

If you’re in the market for flowers we are at you to take advantage of a local florist in the Sun Valley California community. After all, we need to stick together and support our local businesses. That just doesn’t include restaurants—which are suffering acutely —but all other types of businesses in our area. If you do drop into Bardwell’s please let them know that Sun Valley Jose Mier has recommended them highly.

 

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Sun Valley Jose Mier Goes to San Juan Capistrano

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Another Great Day Trip From Sun Valley

 

Sun Valley Jose Mier has posted other day trips which are easily done starting from Sun Valley and here’s one more: San Juan Capistrano. While George Washington and the founding fathers were busy declaring independence from Britain in 1776, on the other side of the continent Junipero Serra was founding the mission of San Juan Capistrano here in California.

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san juan capistrano sun valley jose mier day trip

The Spanish expedition which came from Mexico into California in 1769 included father Serra who is responsible for founding the mission system we have here in California. San Juan Capistrano is one of those missions. The mission system is very famous and draws a lot of tourists each year, but San Juan Capistrano is probably the most famous. It’s been featured in songs, movies and TV shows especially because swallows return to the mission on a specific date every year, St. Joseph’s day, which is March 19. If you’re unfamiliar with the legend of the swallows you can find out more about it on the mission’s website. You can also find out more about the city of San Juan Capistrano on the city website.

If you’re visiting Southern California and staying in Sun Valley it’s an incredibly easy trip, like just about every other trip we profile on Sun Valley Jose Mier. If you’ve never been to the mission it needs to be one of the trips you make when you visit Southern California. You can stroll around the beautifully-manicured grounds and take in over 240 years of history. When you’re there you feel like you’re in a place out of time, as if you’ve been transported to the 18th century. And it only takes an hour to find that special place.

As we’ve said it’s incredibly simple. Get on Interstate 5 self in Sun Valley and take it for just about an hour to exit 82. That’s it. See? It can’t get simpler than that. That’s why we continually say that Sun Valley is a great place to live and visit and is surrounded by so many fascinating locations here in Southern California. When you’re here you should try to take advantage of San Juan Capistrano and the mission. You won’t regret it.

 

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Sun Valley Jose Mier’s Things To Do

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Dining, Hiking and Shooting

Sun Valley Jose Mier always promotes places and activities of interest within our community so it we would always be scouring the Internet for items we think you’d be interested in. Most of us here live in Sun Valley so we know personally what there is to do, but even we don’t know everything so it’s important that we find out and share it with you. One of the great things of the Internet is that so many people have gone and done things and written about them that these reviews are available online. Many of them are on travel for tourism sites like Tripadvisor or Yelp.

Sun Valley Jose Mier Yelp Things to Do
Sun Valley Jose Mier Yelp Things to Do

Yelp is always interesting even though, in our opinion, it doesn’t always contain as much information as we think it should. But if you’re just talking Sun Valley restaurants, well, Yelp is a good place to start. For our search today we looked for things to do in Sun Valley and of course there’s a Yelp page specifically for our city. In addition to the many restaurants we have here there are other places and activities, while not within our borders exactly, are very close by.

One of those activities that people don’t often think about is a shooting range and we are extremely close to one of the best and actually most famous shooting ranges here in Southern California, the Angeles Shooting Range. It’s located just north of Sun Valley in Little Tujunga Canyon and it’s an outdoor shooting range that can accommodate handguns as well as rifles and other weapons. For those looking to get into sport shooting or just for personal protection, going to a shooting range is a good idea. The more knowledge you have about firearms if you are an owner or intend to use one, the better.

We said it was one of the most famous shooting ranges and indeed it’s actually been featured on some TV shows. If you are a fan of classic TV and watch the old private investigator show Canon, starring William Conrad, there is an episode in which the Angeles Shooting Range is prominently featured. People who have used the shooting range will immediately recognize it as the location used in this episode.

If you’re not into shooting or firearms of any kind there are hundreds of other things listed on Yelp that you could do and dozens of restaurants you could visit. We at Sun Valley Jose Mier know well that as we write this indoor and outdoor dining in Los Angeles County has been curtailed for the time being but it doesn’t hurt to check out Yelp and make a list of those restaurants you’d like to visit or try once dining is open to the public again.

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Sun Valley Jose Mier Talks Collision Repair

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Sun Valley’s Own Carstar on Sherman Way

Sun Valley Jose Mier is known for promoting local Sun Valley businesses and letting our neighbors know what’s available in our community. One of those businesses we like to spotlight this Carstar on Sherman Way.

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auto damage sun valley jose mier

It’s a fact of life, living here in greater Los Angeles, that we are apt to experience some sort of collision given that we have so many people and so many automobiles here in southern California. We are in urban area and Sun Valley especially is surrounded by freeways. Just the fact that we have so many cars on the road means that the odds of us getting into some sort of collision are greater than elsewhere. Heck, you can’t even go to the grocery store without getting a ding on your car door. So it’s nice to know where we can go to have those dents removed and any other body damage to the car taken care of.

Carstar is our local franchise in a chain national collision repair shops. Ourlocal shop is located at 11027 Sherman Way, Sun Valley, CA 91352.

Do you know what the most common repairs are? According to Insurance.com they are a dented bumper, deep paint scratches, cracked windshield, suspension damage and rear end damage. Costs for these repairs have increased dramatically over the years and these range from a couple hundred dollars up to several thousand for premium paint jobs!
For more information on what’s covered under your auto insurance policy, check with your insurance company. Many repairs may end up being out-of-pocket if they are less than your policy’s deductible.

However, when you are looking for quality repairs regardless of insurance, you now know about Carstar here in Sun Valley.

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Sun Valley Jose Mier Recommends Newsbreak App

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Local Info At Our Fingertips

 

Sun Valley Jose Mier is always on the lookout for news related to our community can we scour the Internet the things of interest to Sun Valley residents. If you haven’t heard of the Newsbreak app, this is an app for your mobile device that will you give you targeted news and information for your local community. In our case that’s Sun Valley, California. If something of interest to us it is important, a news aggregator like Newsbreak will serve up the information to us in a neat list. News that does not concern our part of greater Los Angeles will not be part of the mix.

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Newsbreak app page, recommended by Sun Valley Jose Mier

Newsbreak also has a website that basically serves the same function. Case in point: you want to know about coronavirus in the Sun Valley area and how it affects you. Newsbreak will serve up all the stories related to COVID-19 in an easily digestible format when you can easily pick and choose which article is of most interest to you

It’s nice to see an app that targets specific areas of greater Los Angeles with granularity. Oftentimes we at Sun Valley Jose Mier feel that our community gets overlooked. We tend to be lumped in with every other place in the San Fernando Valley, but residents here know that Sun Valley has its own unique identity. The things that are important to us may or or may not be important to those who live in North Hollywood or Burbank. Because we tend to be overlooked, unless a story concerns Sun Valley specifically it’s sometimes difficult to find information relevant to us specifically. That’s why we are so pleased to have happened upon the Newsbreak app and want to share this tool with the rest of our community.

If you want to have newsbreak at your fingertips it’s easy to install the application on your smart phone or tablet. It’s available on both Apple’s app store and Google Play. Simply download it to your phone and install. Once there you’ll have access to all the Sun Valley information but you could want.

 

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Sun Valley Jose Mier Wishes All a Happy Thanksgiving

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Enjoy the Holiday

Sun Valley Jose Mier staff wish a very happy Thanksgiving to all our readers. 2020 has been a very “interesting” year but there’s always reason to give thanks. Friends, family and of course living in the temperate climate of Southern California. At least we in Sun Valley don’t have to shovel snow like some of our friends in other parts of the country.

Take a moment to think about all the good things in your life and enjoy the holiday with your loved ones.

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Sun Valley Jose Mier Goes to Laguna Beach

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Another Sun Valley Day Trip

 

Sun Valley Jose Mier has been writing recently about day trips from Sun Valley and we’re far from done. Southern California is filled with tourist destinations and so many different types of scenery from desert to mountains to ocean that it would take quite some time to exhaust all the possibilities. Until we do here is our latest suggestion: If you’re visiting us in Sun Valley, or if you live here, one of our favorite day trips is to Laguna Beach.

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laguna beach view

Laguna Beach is famous for beautiful views and an artist colony– indeed the Pageant of the Masters art festival takes place here each year–in addition to sun-baked beaches and a laid-back atmosphere. Laguna Beach gained fame in the late 19th century and early 20th century because the views and the sunlight attracted artists to this area of California as well as the nascent motion picture industry. Several silent films took place in Laguna Beach.

Once you visit you’ll know why it’s a favorite destination for so many and how it’s so easy to get to from Sun Valley. We say time and again that we in Sun Valley are lucky to be situated so close to so many freeways. Indeed, the jaunt down to Laguna Beach takes just over an hour and it’s as easy as hopping on Interstate 5 south and taking that to state route 133. Getting lost is not an option because 133 actually ends at the city of Laguna Beach.

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sun valley jose mier route to laguna beach

This town is such a famous destination there are many websites dedicated to things to do in Laguna Beach including visitlagunaneach.com, the city’s own website, and of course sites like tripadvisor. No matter what time of year you’re visiting Sun Valley a trip to Laguna Beach is a great idea. Even the winter temperatures are mild at this seaside resort town and the views remain spectacular throughout the year.

We at Sun Valley Jose Mier highly recommend this day trip. Our location and proximity to so many beautiful views is just one more reason Sun Valley is a great place to live or visit in Southern California.

 

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Sun Valley Jose Mier Drives to San Diego

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Couldn’t Be Easier

 

It certainly appears as though Sun Valley Jose Mier is on a day trip binge but we don’t mind if you call us out for it. We recently wrote about trips to Solvang and Santa Barbara. For this article we’re going in another direction, namely south. Our destination? San Diego, California.

San Diego is a great destination for anyone visiting Southern California, even if you only have a day to look around. A 2-hour drive will put you in downtown San Diego or other places of interest such as La Jolla, Mission Bay or Coronado Island. Balboa Park is also a great place to visit where you can walk around the gardens and look at the great century-old architecture that’s here. A day trip to San Diego could also include the world-famous San Diego zoo or Seaworld.

sun valley jose mier view of downtown san diego
sun valley jose mier view of downtown san diego

Take it from Sun Valley Jose Mier, the list of possibilities when visiting San Diego is almost unlimited. We recommend checking out the many websites dedicated to San Diego including San Diego’s own city website. If you choose downtown San Diego be sure to check out the USS Midway, an aircraft carrier and museum. Nearby along the promenade you will also find the statue called “Unconditional Surrender,” which is a larger-than-life representation of that famous photograph of the sailor kissing the nurse at the end of World War II.

As to getting there, these are directions that no one can screw up. From Sun Valley, hop on Interstate Five going south. That’s it. We told you it couldn’t be simpler. Yes, the route from Sun Valley to San Diego is just one straight drive south on Interstate Five. As you drive you’ll pass through Orange County, by Carlsbad, San Juan Capistrano and stretches of beach and ocean views that will get you in the mood for a visit to this seaside city.

For those of us who live here, we know what San Diego has in store for us but if you’re just visiting Southern California and are spending time in the Sun Valley area, a day trip to San Diego is something you should not miss

 

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Sun Valley Jose Mier Stops in Santa Barbara

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90-Minute Trip From Sun Valley

Our last Sun Valley Jose Mier post was about a day trip to Solvang, but we didn’t mean to give short shrift to Santa Barbara, so that’s what this post is about. If you have an hour and a half to spare you can use it to drive from Sun Valley to Santa Barbara. It’s even shorter then the drive to Solvang and if Santa Barbara is your main destination you can spend more time there.

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sun valley jose mier photo of mission santa barbara

Of course most Californians are familiar with this beach city which was founded in the late 1700s as part of the mission system of Junipero Serra, the Spanish missionary who came to California by way of Mexico. Indeed, the mission church at Santa Barbara is a great tourist destination. But that’s not all Santa Barbara has to offer. Spectacular views of the ocean, gorgeous beaches, world-class restaurants and shopping await anyone who wants to visit. Santa Barbara is also close to the Santa Ynez Valley wine area and wines play a big role in Santa Barbara.

It would take many pages to the activities and things that are available to you as a visitor to Santa Barbara so instead of doing that we recommend you check out Santa Barbara City website. Of course there are some limitations and restrictions nowadays due to the coronavirus but no virus will prohibit you from taking in the fantastic scenery of Santa Barbara or from dining outdoors at any of Santa Barbara’s many fine restaurants.

As we said it’s only a short 90-minute drive from Sun Valley, and like the trip to Solvang we recommend taking the 5, 118, 34, 101 route that we detailed in that blog article. Another idea, for those who don’t want to drive, is to try taking the train. We’re lucky in Sun Valley, California to live so close to several train stations including the one just south of the Burbank airport. You can depart from the station and take the scenic coastline route to Santa Barbara (Amtrak Surfliner). Spend the day there, hop on the train and return. It’s easy and you don’t have to worry about dealing with parking for traffic.

Santa Barbara is only one of many day trips you can easily take from Sun Valley and that’s why we feel Sun Valley is in a central location and a great place to make your base of operations when visiting Southern California.

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Sun Valley Jose Mier Drives to Solvang

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California’s Danish Village

Sun Valley Jose Mier posted other day trips that are just a short drive away from Sun Valley and the one we are promoting today is unique. If you’re not from Southern California the odds are you may not have heard of Solvang. This charming little village was founded more than a century ago by Danish expatriates and has the feel of an authentic Danish town.

Nestled in the Santa Ynez Valley this tiny enclave has buildings done in Danish style. You’ll also find windmills and stork’s nests throughout the town. Restaurants, wine tasting shops, as well as Danish bakeries and art galleries abound here. It really does feel like you’re in some other country when you visit Solvang. For more information on Solvang check out the city’s website here. Once you learn more about the town you’ll know why it’s a famous southern California tourist destination. If you’re staying–or living–in Sun Valley, it’s only a 2-hour drive, so it makes for a great day trip. You’ll also pass through Santa Barbara so if the mood strikes, you can take a short detour and visit this famous mission city on the same trip.

Sun Valley Jose Mier has often touted our city’s proximity to several freeways and this makes getting to Solvang all the easier. In fact our route of choice is to take Interstate 5 north and then the 118 freeway west. The 118 will turn into the 34 freeway which ends at the 101 freeway. Continue on the 101 west until you hit State Route 154 just past Santa Barbara, then continue on this route until you hit Solvang.

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sun valley jose mier directions to solvang

We recommend a morning departure so that you arrive in Solvang around lunchtime and can take advantage of the many restaurants serving traditional Danish food. Then stroll about the town and take in the art galleries, wine tasting, bakeries and souvenir shops. For fans of the film “Sideways” you’ll recognize some locations from that film since it was filmed in this area and have a lot to do with the wines of the Santa Ynez Valley.

Once you experience Solvang you’ll see why it’s such an enjoyable trip. There’s something there for the entire family from kids to adults. Take it from Sun Valley Jose Mier, if you’re just visiting Southern California you need to make this day trip.

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