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Damn, it's cold! NYC in late winter

Editor's note: as in California and much of the country, stay-at-home orders are currently in place in New York City as of spring 2020. Wherever you are, stay safe, as ...

Architecture & Art Los Angeles Travel Weekend Getaways

Huntington Library & Botanic Gardens: L.A. day trip

Looking for a hidden gem of a day trip from San Diego? The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, a private nonprofit organization located in tony San Marino near Pasadena, is ...

Architecture From the archives

A San Diego architecture retrospective

The Eyesore Inventory Thoryk and his partner, a real-estate development company owned by San Diego Gas & Electric, found a co-conspirator in San Diego City Hall, which solicited and approved ...

Architecture & Art Asia Eat & Drink Travel

I heart Hong Kong

You lazily open your eyes. Life is fuzzed by sleep, and the glare from the snow-white sheets adds to your blindness. A delicious stretch and yawn to get your blood ...

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Architecture as covered by Peter Jensen

Read about San Diego architecture by Susan Vaughn. Tower Envy San Diego’s least successful tower aesthetically is Sea World’s 320-foot Skytower. Unlike the 984-foot Eiffel or many other towers throughout the world, where you ascend ...

January 9, 2017

Architecture From the archives

San Diego architecture as covered by Susan Vaughn in the '90s

Read about San Diego architecture by Peter Jensen. When the Bungalows Came to Town I drive down East Plaza Boulevard and at first pass a series of contemporary commercial buildings — a red Monterey-style Boll ...

September 22, 2016

Architecture & Art Must-see Travel Portugal

November 6, 2015

Hidden Lisbon

The slightly dirty tile sidewalks welcomed us as we left our hostel to begin our first day in Lisbon. The magic in this city was palpable from the get-go. As we followed the trail of ...

Architecture & Art History South Carolina Travel

August 6, 2015

Columbia, South Carolina: study in contrasts

South Carolina is a state of contradictions, and nowhere is this more apparent than in its capital. Last June, Kristin Morris, the Nickelodeon’s marketing manager, summed up contemporary South Carolina’s dichotomy, noting: “We’re a progressive ...

Architecture & Art Beaches Mexico Travel Travel

July 1, 2015

Vamos a Baja Sur's Todos Santos

“Be careful,” said the sixtyish snowy-haired gentleman with a matching white beard, weather-beaten face, gray twinkling eyes, and a wry smile hinting at some private little secret. “Before you know it, you’ll be looking to ...

Architecture & Art Belgium Food & Drink Travel

May 12, 2015

Tour de Belgium: Sax and the saxophone

Last year, Belgium celebrated the 200th anniversary of the birth of the inventor of the saxophone, Adolphe Sax. His birthplace and important milestones occurred in the Wallonia (French-flavored) part of the country. It’s his inventions ...

Architecture & Art Los Angeles On the Cheap Travel Weekend Getaways

April 30, 2015

Cheap fun in artsy L.A.

Zip, chug, or plod your way up the 405 for a long weekend clustered around LACMA, the Los Angeles Museum of Art. Friday Sneak out of work early on a Friday, or take the day ...

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