Have you noticed the price of travel this summer?! It’s outrageous. We had started planning a trip to Italy, but it’s hard to enjoy something when all you can think about it how ripped off you feel between flights and hotels. So, I set out on a mission to find a weekend getaway from LA to satisfy my wanderlust and expensive taste without breaking the bank. I first learned about the hotel Amuleto from my travel journalist friend, ...
“Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name.”
No doubt the L.A. restaurant scene now rivals every major city in the world. We are in no shortage of fancy dining experiences begging you to drop $300 for two on any given night. Don’t get me wrong, I love a tasting menu, an impossible-to-get reservation, a celebrity chef, an $18 craft cocktail. Who doesn’t? But I also like a date night spot that doesn’t make me break out into a sweat when the bill arrives. ...
If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s the importance of home. While so many industries suffered have suffered in the last two years, the interior design industry continues to soar. My company does PR for interior designers, so we talk to design editors on a daily basis—securing full home tours in national and regional magazines all over the country, as well as expert opinion pieces for major design websites. ...
The pandemic has given newfound importance to the concept of home and how we live in our space. It was a mixed blessing that we hired an interior designer a few weeks before the “safer at home” policy went into effect last year, so despite being a little nervous about spending money on a redesign, it was money so well spent. Our living room furniture now fits our space, and the new lighting was a mind blowing transformation. ...
Like most of you, our normal cadence of travel and exploration close to home has been rudely interrupted these last two years. California has been extremely locked down, and even now, doesn’t feel back to normal. Every time we tried for a weekend getaway, the insane prices for next to no amenities or service put a huge damper on our plans. But a few weeks ago, ...