Trump’s 4th Of July Visit To Mount Rushmore Stirs Controversy Over Politics,...
President Donald Trump will headline the Independence Day celebration at Mount Rushmore, which will feature fireworks for the first time in over a decade. Earlier this week I visited the South Dakota...
View ArticleCOVID And Hotels: What You Need To Know For A Safe Stay
It’s the peak of summer, and normally you might be on vacation with friends and family. But not this year: COVID-19 infections are rampant in much of the United States, and new hotspots seem to be...
View ArticleTowns Across America That Are Winning The COVID-19 Messaging Game
As public figures feud over COVID-19, ordinary Americans are taking charge of their own safety, conveying the message with fun, creativity, local color and – dare I say it? – love. See lots of...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Claims Nearly 73,000 US Businesses, With No End In Sight
The worst fears of many American businesses are coming true. With no recovery in sight from the COVID-19 pandemic, 72,842 businesses across the U.S. have permanently closed, according to the latest...
View ArticleLos Angeles’ Chateau Marmont, Scene Of Sin, Sex And Celebrity, To Become A...
You could say that showbiz as we know it would not exist without the Chateau Marmont Hotel. No other Los Angeles lodging can compete with its 90-plus-year legacy of sin, sex, Hollywood intrigue and...
View ArticleAs COVID-19 Cuts Indoor Shopping, Luxury Mall Moves Shops To Garage
I guess you’d say Prada can’t wait. When the COVID-19 pandemic forced South Coast Plaza, the massive, luxury mall in Orange County, California, to close its indoor spaces, it didn’t just shut down. It...
View ArticleWith Burning Man 2020 Canceled, Nearby Town Feels The Heat
For 8 days each year, tiny, don’t-blink-or-you’ll-miss-it, Gerlach, Nevada (population 107) is as close as one can get to the coolest place on earth, Black Rock City, the temporary, nearly...
View ArticleBurning Man 2020 Goes Burn-From-Home, Courts Potential Global Audience
Yeah, we know. You can’t go to Burning Man this year, and it sucks. But maybe not entirely. Burning Man, the mac daddy, mac mama and mac baby of events/festivals/raves/cultural touchpoints, normally...
View ArticleMeditations On America: Stopping Time In Glacier National Park, Montana
Although we could have done the hike to Avalanche Lake in a quick 3.5-hour round trip, that sort of defeated the purpose. After all, this was Glacier National Park, one of the most remote and majestic...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Cancels 2020, 2021 James Beard Awards As Foundation Rethinks Bias,...
In any normal year, the James Beard Awards would be the Oscars, Emmys, Tonys and Grammys of America’s restaurant world, an evening of glitz and glamour when the industry honors its best. But this...
View ArticleMeditations On America: The Man In The Rock, Big Sky, Montana
I knew that Montana was called Big Sky Country, but I always assumed that was just a nickname on license plates. It wasn’t until I came here that I learned that Big Sky is a real place, a ski town...
View Article9 Trends That Defined Food & Dining in 2021
This year more than ever, headlines — from the Covid-19 pandemic to racial reckoning, TikTok to digital tech — have transformed the way we eat. And this year more than ever, the pace of that change...
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