COMPETITIVE GROCERY BAGGING: I thought I was master of my recycled shopping tote. Darn that BAG IT! game app. Hidden Variable Studios has created the ultimate brain tease for iOS and android devices. MOVE OVER BUBBLE WRAP: Ever the intellectual snob, I’ve always preferred the stimulating pop-able plastic, shunning all forms of poker, Pokemon, and…
If you’ve ever strolled around the shops and galleries in Carmel, California, then you might have come across the Robert Knight Gallery (one of only four photography galleries in Carmel, by the way). His amazing photographs of nature and animals are simply breathtaking, and they’ve been displayed (and highly awarded) around the globe. He is…
by Jayme Lamm I hit a bit of a snag as I attempted to go through customs in Vancouver a few weeks back. As I tried to explain I was a travel writer visiting Vancouver from Texas, I couldn’t quite place the Custom agent’s look of disdain. Was she jealous of my amazing travel gig…
Critics will trash this film, audiences will make it a summer hit. What to Expect When You’re Expecting delivers exactly what you expect. Heidi Murkoff wrote the same-titled pregnancy manual 28 years ago. Hollywood has apparently decided the masses are ready to laugh at the terrifying side effects of being preggers. Stuff like uncontrollable flatulence,…
One of the hottest new outdoor music venues in wine country, Long Meadow Ranch Winery & Farmstead is pleased to open its summer stage to California country/soul/rock band — and recent YouTube sensation — Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers. While taking in the first concert in a series to hit Long Meadow Ranch Winery &…
Does the thought of spending the evening undercover with Michael Bauer, The San Francisco Chronicle’s esteemed restaurant critic, where you’ll learn what goes into critiquing a dining experience and writing an award winning restaurant review, get your culinary juices flowing? And bet you can’t say no to the chance of winning a dinner package for…
by Katie Palmer In luxury travel, it’s all about the details. Like the framed Giacomo Puccini sheet music framed on the wall, the turn-down service which provides a card with tomorrow’s weather forecast, and of course the immaculate attention to design. Hotel Principe di Savoia of Milan, Italy is spoiling me rotten. The paneled walls…