You know you’ve found Santa Cruz’s Steamer Lane when you see a mattress and a surfboard packed in the back of a old-school VW van. Home to all things surf, this internationally known spot is the mecca for anyone with a wetsuit and a need to ride some tasty waves in some seriously cold...
You know your country’s in dietary straits when the instructional food pyramid suddenly disappears like a Copperfield sarcophagus and—poof!—magically morphs into a plate. It’s the USDA’s answer to the failed Egyptian triangle stuffed with loin chops and yogurt, originally meant to instruct the general public on what to eat and how much each day,...
It’s a little known fact that hipsters drink more than basement brews, micro brews and anything else someone buys for us. On occasion, we’re known to sport our satin smoking jacket and sip some fancy red wine while thumbing through back-issues of The New Yorker. It’s our dirty little secret, one we don’t readily...
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Wonder what it takes to escape The Rock in San Francisco? Try several hundred travel professionals and a really large boat. Such was the scene at the U.S. Travel Association’s International Pow Wow after-hours event, held at the infamous island prison, Alcatraz, former home to notorious prisoners Al Capone, George “Machine Gun” Kelly, “Bumpy”...
The U.S. Travel Association wrapped up its largest annual tradeshow event this past week in San Francisco with more than 5,000 delegates from 70 countries in attendance. The four-day media marketplace brought together domestic and international journalists travel buyers and state tourism boards to mix and mingle at the Moscone Center and other landmark...
It’s the city that put beatniks, sourdough bread and Rice-a-Roni on the map, and home to The Rock and all things hemp. It’s cold even when it’s warm, and on a clear day you can see fog. It’s San Francisco, and this weekend it plays host to the U.S. Travel Association’s annual Pow Wow,...
Earlier this year, I was staying at the Andaz West Hollywood Grafton. It was a typical evening, as I stood there on the rooftop bar under one of those big propane heaters. Behind me were those beautiful homes precariously sitting steep mountain edges. In front of me was the Sunset Strip. All of the...
Imagine The Burning Man on stage — in Los Angeles. Cirque Berzerk, which has received rave reviews (though we have not personally seen it), looks as if it’s part burlesque, part theater and part athletic prowess that makes you sit in your seat and say, “how the hell do they do that?” A new...
New Year’s Eve is right around the corner — and if you’re in Los Angeles, what are you going to do? Now’s the time to figure that out — because if you don’t have a friend hosting some fabulous party with celebrity appearances then you may not be starting the new year out right....
