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Baja's Valle de Guadalupe on a budget
Photography, glamping, wining, and star gazing: all a couple hours away.
Two hours south of San Diego, around sixty miles from Tijuana, sits Valle de Guadalupe inside Ensenada, the largest municipality in all of Mexico. Dozens of wineries with tasting rooms and fancy eateries sit near ...
I heart Hong Kong
Gallery-, lounge- and restaurant-hopping: a day in Asia's World City.
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 flowing, and you swing your ...
Intrepidly visiting hotspot Israel
There’s nothing quite like the Holy Land. Go while you still can.
Just as I last left Israel, the bodies of three missing young men had turned up. The week before I was to return, there were two young men murdered in front of Old Jerusalem’s Jaffa ...
Papa Hem's Havana
Eating, drinking and adventuring through the classic Cuban capital.
“Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk.” ~ Ernest Hemingway And so we did. At least that's how I remember we ended up in Havana, Cuba. Okay, well maybe there's a bit more ...
Tampa, really?
What's worth a look in the historic — and exotic, even — Gulf Coast city.
Tampa’s melting pot of cultures – as well as access to the freshest seafood and sun-kissed produce – has contributed to terrific restaurants. It’s a sophisticated city that has authentic global flair, unlike other nearby ...
Mexico City: beyond the border and beaches
Here's why you should check out Mexico's culture-rich capital.
San Diego is unique in that just minutes away, literally, is an entire other country. The contrast is stark: neighboring Tijuana isn't the most beautiful and prosperous city, and contrasts greatly with a city like ...
San Sebastian, Spain, and its sidrerías
Don't leave out Sidrería Lizeaga on your trip to the Basque Country.
Being a San Diego local, I've said before that I would never be able to live in a rainy place. I take that statement back after visiting San Sebastian. You can find San Sebastian nestled ...
More to see than just clear waters in Fiji
Travel perspective and tips, from resort-y to the lesser-visited Yasawa Islands.
Sun, sand and surf makes for a fun holiday, but there are lots of places on the planet you can experience them. An imaginative traveler wants more – to learn about people, customs, food and ...
Pit stop in Tehachapi
North of L.A. & west of 395, Red House BBQ makes the case for a small-town lunch stop.
If you're like me, you dread driving through any part of Los Angeles when heading north by road. Having driven different routes at varying times on several days of the week, I’ve found it will ...
Unexpected Budapest
Beer and cheer in the historic Hungarian capital.
The two cities of Buda and Pest once stared each other down with nothing but the Danube separating them. But in 1873, they merged to form Budapest after the Chain Bridge opened as the first ...
K-38's Calypso brings the funk
Unexpected find at the famous Baja surf spot.
It’s Friday night at Baja Calypso and there’s a calm but buzzing energy in the restaurant, and a soft glow from the Moroccan lanterns hanging from the ceiling and candles perched in tabletop wine bottles. ...
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La Jolla
Paragliding at the Torrey Pines Gliderport. The most terrifying experience of my life.
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