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...

here at kai we love a good health kick, especially with cold and flu season lurking. i'd developed a daily practice of ordering a "wellness shot" with my brazilian bowl to fend off any germs,...

referred to as the el paseo shopping district in palm desert, ca., el paseo is more of a walking street than a proper district. make that a strolling, eating, shopping, people watching street. it's real...

and the oscar goes to... kylie mazon, the writer/cook/photographer behind cooking with cocktail rings. is there a better coupling than snacking on popcorn while watching a movie? yes, snacking on gourmet popcorn while watching the...

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...

so goes the name we call the color we use for our logo, which happens to nearly match the shade "greenery" picked by pantone as the color of the year. we couldn’t agree more. my...

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...

draped in hues of yellow, rust, orange and the most beautiful shade of crimson, fall foliage in the mountains and river banks find the hudson valley bursting with color amongst a soft carpet of fallen leaves....

naadine koi is the creative force behind wellboxed, a visual platform for displaying her candle styling talents... often featuring the kai skylight and nightlight! scrolling through her feed or website is like taking a mini-retreat...

where else can one walk on rose petals? robertson blvd, the slightly less expensive version of rodeo drive in beverly hills. more of a cousin than a sister street, i don't feel the need to wear...