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The number one park for dogs (and people)
Today, I walked the dog after work. And according to Miss Bea, the border terrier, the legendary dog beach at Fort Funston ranks #1 in “awesome dog stuff in California.” In dog years, an hour here is...
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Kombucha on tap
Kombucha is still a bit of a mystery hippie drink to the rest of the country, but the good folks in Santa Cruz drink it straight from the tap. This was snapped at River Cafe. They serve up delicious...
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Farm-to-bottle brews on tap in California
Jesse Friedman (L) and Damian Fagan (Photographs courtesy of Almanac Beer Co.) Is it even legal to set up a pickle business, jam shop, or restaurant here and NOT source ingredients locally? Local isn’t...
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A vintage hotel with wheels in Big Sur
Photographs courtesy of Boutique-Homes.com It’s pretty fair to say Airstreamania is in full swing. It’s got all the big checks: small space, retro lines, gleaming exterior that catches the hazy low...
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A nest for humans in Big Sur
Photograph by Erin Kunkel Birds are big in the West, as evidenced by the rise in pet sitters who specialize in chickens, ornithological references on Portlandia, and chicken coops with more style than...
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Who Needs Trees When You Can Grow Succulents?
Photograph by Caitlin Atkinson Come to think of it… Who needs trees or bushes or even flowers when you have a climate where succulents thrive year-round? This Millbrae, CA (about 20 miles south of San...
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Farms: The New Disneyland
Members of the Fermenters Club helped co-produce the festival. (Photograph by Coral Von Zumwalt) We love our farmers. Here, they kinda out-rock star real rock stars (we’re looking at you, Novella...
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A Hidden Oasis in Muir Woods
Photographs by Flickr user phil dokas In New York, the cool kids know where the party’s at—and it’s usually at 1am in a top-secret, abandoned warehouse in New Jersey. In the Bay Area, you still need to...
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Tour de Coop Hits Palo Alto
Luxe coops: The Coop de Plume has curtains and a loft with a view. (Photographs by Scott Vanderlip) You know how we feel about our chickens — it’s poultrypalooza out here. And, of course, coops gotta...
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Bear With Us
Neither struck by lightning nor eaten by bears. Photograph by Christine Ryan For most of August, Yosemite National Park—heck, the whole Sierra range—was pummeled by the kind of thunderstorm, complete...
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Searching for Bigfoot
Redwood National Park (photo via Flickr user Michael Schweppe) Sure, Northern California’s Redwood State and National Parks are home to the tallest trees on earth. But did you know that they could also...
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Hiking Hack: How Duct Tape Saved My Sole(s)
photos by Megan Mcrea Those who know me, know that I am thrifty. I still rock t-shirts from college, shorts from high school, and sunglasses from the 1980s. (No, they’re not vintage. They’re just old.)...
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A New Museum for Stanford—and a New Neighbor for Us!
Anderson Collection (photo via stanford.edu) On September 21, the Anderson Collection building opened at the Palo Alto campus of Stanford University—our frequent partner-in-crime when it comes to...
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The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same…
“The mania that attended the mass migration of fortune seekers to California and other points west starting in 1848 inspired artists to lampoon the would-be prospectors, their gear, and their various...
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Who Says Thanksgiving Traditions Have to Involve Food?
Or, at least, eating food. A group of us cyclists in San Francisco like to mark the holiday in a combined athletic/artistic way using a newish genre called Stravart. (It’s named for...
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Sunset’s Favorite New Restaurants of 2014
Ocean trout with wasabi and pea emulsion, at new Beverly Hills hotspot Maude Christmas cookies, holiday lights, good excuses to listen to Mariah Carey… Oh, there are many, many things I love about this...
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Sunset’s Favorite New Bars of 2014
Bartender Matt Bodie sets fire to a bourbon-based “D.J.” cocktail at downtown L.A.’s new EightyTwo. (photography by Kimberly Genevieve) As 2014 rolls to a close, the staff at Sunset has been looking...
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Chefs for a Day: The Story Behind the Story
Chris Colin deep in food prep (photography by Thomas J. Story) Well, that headline’s not quite accurate. What we have here are the not-so-sordid details behind the one-night restaurant perpetrated by...
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Where To Go This Weekend: The East Bay, CA
Toast, talk repeat: Happy hours at The Vine’s outdoor patio. (All photos by David Fenton.) At this point, San Francisco’s East Bay is on most every traveler’s radar—but Oakland tends to dominate the...
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Where To Go This Weekend: Napa Valley, CA
Yountville, in the Napa Valley, hosts a new music, food, and—of course—wine festival this weekend. (Photo by Misti Layne.) Sure, summer in northern California’s wine country offers warm evenings and...
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