A Non-Dairy Dream Come True
The plant-based banquet at Little Saint, Healdsburg If you’re like me, you can smell a vegan cupcake a mile...
CaliforniaA collection of 91 posts
Falling For The 1
The new 1 Hotel San Francisco offers a unique sense of calm I’ve been covering travel for awhile now....
A Soul-Stirring Ode to Hiking the Anza-Borrego Desert
On whimsy and wonder, from dawn to dusk...
I Lost My Friend in a Firestorm. Then a Massive Forest Fire Almost Burned Down My Brother’s House.
As a lifelong Californian, I take it personally when people downplay the link between wildfires and climate change....
When You Silence the Mind, the Soul Can Speak
It was nice to sit on a bench at 1,300 feet above sea level—reminding myself why I came to the Hermitage in Big Sur in the first place...
Big Sur: Beauty and Bliss in My Own Backyard
The world is filled with startlingly lovely places; I’m grateful one is just 90 minutes away...