by Jane Canapini | Oct 26, 2019 | California
There’s a line from Joni Mitchell’s 1970 song, Big Yellow Taxi, that says: “You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone”. Which might explain a big trend that’s happening lately in travel: the popularity of dark sky locations. People are gravitating towards places that allow them to see something that is becoming increasingly rare in today’s light-polluted world: starry night skies.
by Jane Canapini | Oct 12, 2019 | California, United States
Thanks to the TV series The Beverly Hillbillies that many of us watched as kids, whenever California comes to mind we immediately think of “swimmin’ pools and movie stars”. But this celebrity culture extends far beyond the confines of Beverly Hills...
by Jane Canapini | Jul 4, 2019 | California, United States
At first glance, he’s the stereotypical surfer dude: sun-bleached hair, smile lines from squinting at the California sun, and tattoos visible everywhere his wet suit stops. But Ryan Rustan’s story is anything but that of a shiny, carefree California boy. I met...
by Jane Canapini | Jun 27, 2019 | California, United States
Death Valley. Its name conjures up visions of sun-bleached cow skulls, rattlesnakes and desolate ribbons of asphalt shimmering in the desert heat. But while these images are not far removed from reality, especially in the Great Basin, which holds the unflattering...
