A dictionary defines ‘to civilize’ as to ‘educate in the more refined arts of life’, ‘to enlighten and elevate’. If, as Hemingway asserts, wine is our most redeeming course of study, then Napa Valley is certainly its foremost school in our better pursuits. As with so many truly beautiful things, the path to the paragon can be traced to the root…

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9 years ago

By all accounts, last winter in New York was a brutal one. On any given day, we Californians would be Insta-shamed by iPhone weather screenshots from New Yorkers lamenting the bitter cold, wind chill or ‘0°?!’ as we basked in our summer-like sun. And yet, if you asked any one of our dearly beloved…

It is no accident that Laguna Beach is and remains the creator’s port of call, its identity as entwined with its status as a prolific artist’s community as any place in existence. Maybe especially because it is the antithesis to the slick and shiny ‘OC’ package, Laguna retains its individuality, loyally marching to a quieter…

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9 years ago

In Maine, there is a deeply ingrained sense that you can always get a little more use out of something… To touch down in the historic port city by the sea is to tap into a low hum of energy, to feel some kind of buzzing excitement in the salty air. Not the electricity of a big city nor the castaway elation of an island escape…

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9 years ago