ColumnsHit the RoadHit the Road: After rough stretch, Idyllwild eager to welcome visitorsE'Louise OndashJune 1, 2021 June 1, 202102210 Being one of California's “best-kept secrets” can be both an asset and a handicap....
ColumnsHit the RoadHit the Road: A perfect post-pandemic getaway, conveniently locatedE'Louise OndashMay 24, 2021 May 24, 20210390 Looking for a change of scene that allows for social distancing and isn't far away? The towns in the Santa Ynez Valley check those boxes....
ColumnsHit the RoadHit the Road: Mendenhall’s Museum in Buellton fuels midcentury nostalgiaE'Louise OndashMay 18, 2021 May 18, 20210717 You get a more-than-hefty dose of nostalgia and lessons in our cultural past when you step into this petroliana sanctum sanctorum....
ColumnsHit the RoadHit the Road: Hitching Post still a destination for wine loversE'Louise OndashMay 10, 2021May 10, 2021 May 10, 2021May 10, 202102705 I’m sure that Gray Hartley and Frank Ostini, co-owners of Hitching Post Wines in Buellton, Calif., have told their stories a bazillion times, but it doesn’t...
ColumnsHit the RoadHit the Road: A taste of the Old World in the Danish Capital of AmericaE'Louise OndashMay 4, 2021 May 4, 20210589 Bakery and museum help keep culture alive in Solvang in the Santa Ynez Valley....
ColumnsHit the RoadHit the Road: Tranquil Casa del Herrero no stranger to anxious timesE'Louise OndashApril 26, 2021April 27, 2021 April 26, 2021April 27, 20210595 When an earthquake hit the area in 1925, the then-newly built Montecito mansion of George Fox Steedman suffered no damage....
ColumnsHit the RoadHit the Road: Discovering gems in Santa Ynez Valley wine countryE'Louise OndashApril 19, 2021 April 19, 20210766 The neighboring towns of Ballard and Los Olivos make an ideal weekend-getaway destination....
ColumnsHit the RoadHit the Road: Near Santa Barbara, a lovely spot to lose your bearingsE'Louise OndashApril 12, 2021 April 12, 20210874 The orientation along Santa Barbara County’s coastline is a bit – well, disorienting....
ColumnsHit the RoadHit the Road: Montecito’s Lotusland is diva’s ‘theatrical staging of gardens’E'Louise OndashMarch 31, 2021 March 31, 20210817 This lush, 37-acre botanical garden is a collection of distinctive gardens, each one more splendid than the next....
ColumnsHit the RoadHit the Road: In Orange County, room to roam with views to bootE'Louise OndashMarch 22, 2021 March 22, 202102305 Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, east of Laguna Beach, includes 4,500 acres and 30 miles of trails....
ColumnsHit the RoadHit the Road: The Flower Fields returns — with blueberry pickingE'Louise OndashMarch 17, 2021 March 17, 202103306 For the first time, the Carlsbad attraction is offering a U-Pick Blueberry patch....
ColumnsHit the RoadHit the Road: Traveling outside comfort zone rewarding, authors shareE'Louise OndashMarch 9, 2021 March 9, 20210330 This is the tale of two travelers. One carefully planned his journey; the other most certainly did not....
ColumnsHit the RoadHit the Road: Vaccine could give cruise industry a shot in the armE'Louise OndashMarch 2, 2021 March 2, 20210101 There finally are signs that the end of going-nowhere may be in sight. But the cruise industry and its passengers will see changes....
ColumnsHit the RoadHit the Road: Test your dedication to the ‘friluftsliv’ creedE'Louise OndashFebruary 25, 2021 February 25, 20210189 The Norwegian word translates roughly to "open-air living."...
ColumnsHit the RoadHit the Road: Shake things up by visiting Blue Sky Ecological ReserveE'Louise OndashFebruary 16, 2021 February 16, 202101127 I guess we can blame or credit the pandemic for forcing us to search for new hiking trails beyond our immediate area....