i have a few friends who are addicted to all things japan. from anime to kid robot and everything in between including the harajuku girls made famous by the song of the same name. japan...

having a little beach cottage across the street from la playa means lots of company. this takes a little planning though, as i always want my guests to be comfy and cozy.  time to break...

we recently visited a first in my lifetime: desert x. borrowing a quote from their site, "the coachella valley and its desert landscape will become the canvas for a curated exhibition of site-specific work by...

having never heard much about joshua tree until u2 dropped their mind blowing album i never made it up there until maybe 8 years ago. it's beautiful. beautiful and unusual. it was one of my...

on a balmy los angeles morning last sunday, makela ran her first marathon! what a champ, i'm so proud of her! such an accomplishment. with peter and i, along with her friends, cheering her on she...

buying a present for my husband is a challenge. not like that "he has everything" thing. peter is a man that doesn't need or want for a whole lot. save for tennis shoes. he has...

home to some of the best skiing or home to the crème de la crème sundance film festival? pick your poison. park city adjacent lies deer valley utah, still one of my top two ski...

my favorite venue for concerts and comedy lies an hour up the coast from malibu, the santa barbara bowl. built into a hillside, this amphitheater has amazing acoustics and an intimacy seldom found with artists...

i've never been very big on new year resolutions. they seem a bit redundant as these things are clearly something we must have already been working on or we wouldn't have had the change in...

san francisco is one of my favorite cities in the country. period. lucky for me, i recently had the opportunity to spend a couple days with a good friend in the city by the bay. with...

with the stones, bob dylan and paul mccartney to name a few, desert trip -- aka oldchella, was everything i thought it would be as well as everything i didn't. the lineup was amazing and i...

i've only been to minneapolis on business, so i didn't really get to experience the city, but i've heard nothing except how incredibly beautiful it is. makela recently had the opportunity to spend a long weekend there...