The Fin Hotel Oceanside. Photo by Virginia Miller. San Diego has perfect weather, palm trees, beaches, “navy city” status (as the principal homeport of the U.S. Pacific Fleet) and is the eighth-most populous city in the entire U.S. SD’s sprawling network of busy downtown, chill beach towns and citrus grove-lined inland cities is, as you might guess, most heavily caucasian… Read more →
Dreamy under the full moon dining at Marisella at Ritz-Carlton Santa Barbara. Growing up in Southern California, namely Los Angeles and Orange Counties — ages 6 to 14, and again 18 to 22 — the most idyllic coast for me was the cliffy beauty of Laguna Beach. Moving up to blissful NorCal at 23, that rugged Scotland-meets-Mediterranean I love most… Read more →
Post-sunset from the rooftop of Donna, Williamsburg (Brooklyn). Photo by Virginia Miller. Writing about dining and drink in New York City since 2007, I partly grew up in New Jersey, in suburbs of NYC since the 1990s, so I knew the region intimately. I can still navigate NYC subways and neighborhoods easily, with decades exploring its hidden gems, museums, tea… Read more →