The Best Things to Do In Los Angeles: 1001 Ideas

Author and LA native Joy Yoon makes the megalopolis remarkably accessible by sharing local secrets in her first ever book

by Mya Stark At first glance, one might feel that “The Best Things To Do in Los Angeles: 1001 Ideas” has three strikes against it. It’s a book rather than a blog or an app; it’s about LA, a city which still hasn’t quite shaken Woody Allen’s iconically unfavorable comparison to the culture level of yogurt and, it’s being reviewed here and now by a …

Word of Mouth: Ojai

Historical bookstores, transformative day spas and artistic adventures in the rural California town

The light in Ojai is a beautiful thing to behold. Nestled in the mountains above Santa Barbara, Ojai is a distance from the glorious coastline, but it has charms all of its own. As the sun sets, the bluffs along the Topa Topa mountains begin to glow pink, and the small agricultural towns nearby, Fillmore and Santa Paula, are filled with citrus groves and other …

“Estrada: Sailing Through Design”

An influential Spanish designer brings finished projects and the sketches that started them to NYC

The AIGA National Design Center welcomes its newest exhibit Estrada: Sailing Through Design, by celebrated Spanish graphic designer Manuel Estrada, with a gigantic clock-like image on its glass windows. The spinning dial is not a typical clock hand though, but rather a rust-colored European ship that rotates constantly to match the exhibit’s title. Immediately, visitors can sense this isn’t a typical design exhibition. Finished books …