Tag: Catalina Island
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Marilyn Monroe’s Catalina House
The most important item on my Catalina Island stalking list was the home where a very young Marilyn Monroe lived with her first husband James Dougherty during the years 1943 to 1944. This was long before Miss Monroe became a Hollywood icon and household name, back when she was just a girl who was known simply…
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Catalina’s Pavilion Lodge
This morning my family and I traveled to Catalina Island for a little summer vacay. We’ve been planning this trip for quite some time now and, let me tell you, I could not have been more excited to finally arrive! Ever since my grandmother gave me Robert Wagner‘s autobiography, Pieces of My Heart: A Life, for Christmas last year, I have…