If you’re out to lose the 24/7 stress, here’s a remedy: Head straight to Catalina. You’ll find this beautiful island just off the Long Beach coast at the end of an hour-long ... Read More
Remember when a food truck was a giant van transporting groceries to your local supermarket? Or a Meals-on-Wheels delivery service for the ill or disadvantaged? Or a Good Humor tra... Read More
The tiny hamlet of Kenwood dates to the late 1800s when it was part of a Mexican land grant. The townspeople voted to name the location Kenwood in 1895 because its original name �... Read More
It’s no big surprise that car culture dominates daily life in Los Angeles, while San Francisco, where a cable car serves as one of the city’s most familiar symbols, is ... Read More
The Golden State Warriors won the NBA championship last season and are better this season. The Warriors won 67 games and only lost 15 last season. This season it’s 73-9, sett... Read More
During the summer of 2012, I was doing one of my increasingly frequent stints in Los Angeles for work, and I received a call from a friend asking if I would like to see the San Fra... Read More
The historic town of Sonoma is a wine country lover’s delight. With its welcoming ambience, idyllic scenery and sumptuous bounty from surrounding farms and wineries, Sonoma i... Read More
One of the true charms of the San Francisco nightlife scene has been the proliferation of long-running fun-filled club nights that are more like special events than mere dates on a... Read More
Little kids know the San Francisco Giants always win the World Series in even-numbered years, right? The Giants won in 2010, 2012, and 2014. And look, the calendar says 2016, so le... Read More
The city of Napa hasn’t always been synonymous with culinary and wine tourism; visitors formerly bypassed the town for the northern parts of the valley. Not anymore. Today th... Read More
Oh California! How could anyone deride you as the land of fruits and nuts? And no, it isn’t a reference to our beloved state’s impressive agricultural bounty. That unfl... Read More
If open space, endless vistas, tule elk and oysters are on your list, then head west – to West Marin that is. Cross the Golden Gate Bridge, and it’s less than 20 minutes to... Read More
How we fill the voids in our lives tells volumes about who we are. There’s the void in our heart — the person filling that space is a living manifestation of our essence. T... Read More
Picturesquely situated in central Oregon’s high desert country — east of the Cascades near Mt. Bachelor and not far from the Three Sisters Mountains — the town of Bend is... Read More
Shortly after February makes its entrance, thoughts of love are inevitable — like they’re hard-wired into us. Or maybe it’s simply pop-aganda. The 14th of the month a... Read More