Road Trips - The Bold Italic

Northern California’s Best Roadside Attractions

By Garrick Ramirez The best road trips involve a stop at an oversized, fiberglass personage. I was born not too...

By Adrian Spinelli Coachella is a week away, folks. Can’t you just feel the desert sun on your skin...

By Sierra Hartman California’s small coastal towns are among its greatest treasures, and Pacifica, our coastal neighbor to the...

Editor's note in 2025: This map no longer loads via GitHub/Google Maps, but the link to see...

By Jennifer Chen California is the Gwyneth Paltrow of the US: beautiful, blonde, and so easy to mock. Unlike Paltrow,...

By Carole Dixon As one might expect, there are tons of Korean BBQ joints and large food court malls in...

Wine country music festival BottleRock Napa Valley returns to the Napa Valley Expo on May 29–31. Last year’s...

When the marine layer and winter chill starts to creep into LA, locals head about 120 miles into the desert...

By Debbie Hampton You can’t throw a rock in San Francisco without hitting a fantastic restaurant, worthy of numerous...

By Vanessa Vanya Mention that you just went to Ojai to anyone who lives in LA, and their eyes will...

Two and a half hours from SF, the historic Gold Rush towns of Sutter Creek, Amador City, and Volcano bear...

If you’re tired of the usual weekend drive to pumpkin patches, hay mazes, and other Halloween attractions that come...