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Travel: Costa Rica
Soundbath: is a meditative experience where participants are "bathed" in sound waves produced by various instruments, like gongs, chimes, bells, drums, bowls or voices. Unlike a concert, it's not about rhythm or melody—it's more about vibration and resonance. You...
Los Angeles Travel Convention
The Los Angeles Travel & Adventure Show, held on February 22–23, 2025, at the Los Angeles Convention Center, continued its tradition of connecting travel enthusiasts with industry experts and destinations from around the globe. Established as a premier event in...
Hyatt Regency Irvine Launches Holiday Magic Suites
Earlier this year, we featured Hyatt Regency Irvine and showcased the property's $55 million transformation, then most recently we followed up on the completion of the renovation. The opening of Warehouse 72, the pool and cabanas, lawn, pavilion, and Regency Club have...
Wanderlust: Travels Here & There
The idea for a book took a long time. Maybe eight years or more. I had such a vast collection of images and writings that it seemed like a book was the perfect publishing outlet. I had used a Nixon FE for decades and that was the camera I used on a trip to Bali and...
A Little-Known Florida Destination is Calling Californians this Summer
Cowritten by Anthony C. Stafford How would you complete the following statement? "California has Catalina Island, while Florida has..." If you thought "The Keys," you're not necessarily wrong, but The Keys are more well known than where we're going. Rather, our area...
Here’s A Secret Worth Knowing: Calamigos Guest Ranch and Beach Club
There's a little known secret hidden away in Southern California, and it isn't Catalina Island. This gem is instead tucked away in Malibu, providing some of the best resort experiences and activities that you won't find anywhere else. Nestled in the stunning hillside...
Below the Border
Lunch with a friend recently revealed that he had never been outside the United States and had little desire to travel. “How different people are,” I thought, as I love to travel and have always made an effort to find my way to an airport. Indeed, travel is not...
Spend The Holidays in Hawaii: Wailea Beach Resort
There's a song and phrase rooted in Hawaii that makes a yearly return: "Mele Kalikimaka!" If you didn't know, "Mele Kalikimaka" means "Merry Christmas," and there's a good reason some visitors will be saying and/or singing the song this holiday season. In what shocked...
Lake Tahoe Sojourn
In the Sierra Nevada Mountains lies the third-deepest lake in America and the 10th-deepest in the world, Lake Tahoe. It is a glistening gemstone in the wilderness filled with clear water and alpine trees. This is a lake that is claimed by both Californai and Neveda,...
Elevate Your Rideshare Experience With Alto
If there's anything more inconvenient than scorching temperatures this year, it's using rideshare apps and services that are unreliable, inconsistent, and expensive while keeping you waiting—one canceled ride after another—in the heat. If this is your headache of a...
Sojourns
As summer approaches we begin to ask...what will travel be like this summer? An estimated 42.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this Memorial Day weekend, a 7% increase over 2022, according to a new forecast released by AAA on Monday....
Up the Nile: Luxury Cruise
There are many kinds of vacations—the relaxing island vacation, the adventutuous trip up the mountains of Peru, the majestic splendor of old churches throughout Europe, and then there is the Middle East. A term coined in the 1850s by a British India official, it is...