Here in 2026, if you use AI to create high-quality food photos in the wilderness — mostly because in real life you’re inhaling your keto charcuterie lunch like a feral raccoon before you can even unlock your phone — I can almost guarantee someone from a concrete jungle suburb with a name like Thousand Weeping …
If you ask ChatGPT where to hike near Crestline, California, she’ll immediately try to send you to Big Bear Lake—which is great… if you feel like driving over an hour just to go for a walk in the woods. But if you’re staying in Crestline or around Lake Gregory, chances are you’re looking for hikes …
Yesterday, somewhere between a completely reasonable ten-mile mountain bike ride and creating a gourmet Pop Up picnic lunch for fifteen guests deep in the San Bernardino National Forest, I decided to take my “waterproof” phone on what I can only describe as a pickle juice swim. Because nothing says springtime vibes like a thousand-dollar device floating …
There are few things in life that smell better than fresh homemade cinnamon raisin bread baking in the oven. Unless you live near a French baker…. My favorite French Bakery, Leucadia’s The French Corner, here in southern California, is 3.5 hours in terrible San Diego traffic south of my rural home cabin. Guess how often …
Sometimes you just need breakfast for dinner. But wait, I’m a forty-year-old woman, can I possibly imbibe in prosciutto-stuffed waffles at 6 p.m.? The answer is, of course, I can, after hiking over 20,000 miles with my guests in one workday. Thank God for this oh-so-easy-to-prepare Anglo Indian Omelette Curry. And also thank God, my …