Rare sighting: A Mexico beach without people

May 25, 2012 | By MacKenzie Geidt | Comments (0)

Frankly I’m a little disconcerted here in Todos Santos, Baja, without all the sun-blistered bodies fighting for towel space, without the snaking line of engine-gunning SUVs waiting to shell out parking fees, and no smell of burgers and fries before they become cellulite on thighs. I’m not a misanthrope all the time, but this might be the last place on [...]

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Cool tool: The Atlas of Food

May 24, 2012 | By Christine Ciarmello | Comments (0)

How many acres of vegetables are harvested in your area? Another cool tool to see how the West rules is The Food Environment Atlas. Idaho, California, Washington and Oregon—and okay, we’ll admit it, parts of Florida—score high on number of acres harvested for vegetables. How do people survive in other places? Do they eat? Oh, right, it comes in by [...]

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The Succulent Revolution

May 23, 2012 | By MacKenzie Geidt | Comments (0)

We all know that the West is sizzling with succulent creativity, but this new 15-foot Warhol portrait of Chairman Mao (you read that right), made up of 3200 individual plants, has me convinced that we’re on the brink of a living art revolution. Are succulents the new medium of choice for Western artists? Did they nail the Mao forehead or [...]

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Kombucha on tap

May 22, 2012 | By Johanna Silver | Comments (0)

Kombucha is still a bit of a mystery hippie drink to the rest of the country, but the good folks in Santa Cruz drink it straight from the tap. This was snapped at River Cafe. They serve up delicious meals cooked almost entirely with locally-sourced ingredients.

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