Field trip to the McHenry Mansion:  Friends took me on an outing that you, too, should take this summer. We traveled about two or so hours east of San Jose to Modesto. Our destination was the McHenry Mansion. What a joy it was. The Victorian manse has been lovingly restored and is a showplace for the community. The rooms are filled with treasures of all types. There’s a marvelous gift shop in the visitor center (it opens at noon). Details: The landmark is on the corner of 15th and I streets, Modesto. Hours: 12:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday through Friday. Closed on Saturday. Guided tours by well-informed docents are free. Groups of 20 or more can be arranged in advance.  For more information: (209) 549-0428, or visit www.mchenrymansion.org. Donations appreciated.

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The first day of the festival Friday attracted 134,000 people, with authorities responding to 249 mostly minor medical calls that resulted in five people being taken to the hospital, according to the Sun. The festival moved out of Los Angeles in 2010 after a 15-year-old girl died of a drug overdose, the Sun reported. In 2012, two deaths occurred in connection to the festival, although neither happened at the site. One involved a man being hit by a truck while leaving the festival, and the other involved a woman falling out of a hotel window after family members said she took Ecstasy at the event, according to the Sun.

After analyzing the slide show of a mere 48 photos, here are nine things that we learned, 1, She had the good sense not to plan a plantation wedding, (We’re still side-eyeing you, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.), Paltrow and Falchuk got hitched in New York, reportedly at her Hamptons home, 2, If you haven’t eaten a pineapple held by a string over an open fire for 12 hours supervised by a chef who flew school pack - personalized waterproof labels shoe labels clothing tag labels bag tags daycare labels name labels - monkey ballet 5,000 miles from Chile, you haven’t lived, Argentine chef Francis Mallman made the trek, and it was Paltrow’s “dream” to have him be in charge of the rehearsal dinner, (Who has a dream for their rehearsal dinner? Is this a thing women should be dreaming about?)..

Slopestyle — Men’s snowboard, Thursday and Saturday; Women’s snowboard, Thursday and Sunday; Men’s ski, Feb. 13; Women’s ski, Feb. 11 — Thirty men and 24 women compete in best-of-two-run qualifiers, and the top 12 men and top 12 women advance to the finals. The course — built with 1.5 million cubic feet of snow — offers 450 feet of vertical drop stretched across a 1,900-foot course, with three rail features and three jumps. Athletes will be scored on overall impression based on execution, style, difficulty, variety and progress.