Artist JoAnne Barbiaux Pohler is modest for someone with her pedigree. Although Pohler stepped away from her longtime Truckee business, JoAnne’s Stained Glass, in 2022, her work continues to illuminate people’s lives and living spaces across the United States—from Hawaii to Florida to Lake Tahoe. ...
First names are a fascinating way to explore a region and its evolution over the years, and the Lake Tahoe area is no exception. Names popularly used around Tahoe from its earliest documented history to the present day reveal a treasure trove of information about...
If you can read this, you’re probably not a bear. Tahoe’s largest residents can’t comprehend printed language—as far as we know—but anyone who’s heard recent stories about, say, a mama and her cubs in the Incline Village area figuring out how to open bear-proof boxes to...
In August 2023, social media lit up with news that one of North Tahoe’s own, 76-year-old longtime local Bill Roberts, was lost in the rocky wilderness off the John Muir Trail. His Garmin GPS went dead near Forester Pass, the highest point on the trail...
If it weren’t for TQ’s Best of Tahoe Photo Contest, we might never have discovered the photographic talents of Heather Gaburo. And that—aside from the many stunning images we receive—is the beauty of the annual contest....
On any night of the week, climbing gyms across Reno fill with men and women, young and old, crawling up weird plastic shapes bolted to walls erected inside cavernous industrial buildings....
Originally a spot serving wine and simple food, over time the Italian osteria has evolved into a not-too-fancy eatery focused on pasta, fish and grilled meats prepared with local ingredients. Derived from the word “oste,” which means innkeeper or host, these approachable restaurants also typically...
The “Welcome to Michigan” sign feels like a release. After an hour or two of driving east from Chicago, past the smokestacks and train tracks, the jammed freeways of Illinois and Indiana, you loosen your grip on the steering wheel. You turn up the radio and...
Lake Tahoe—as we have hopefully learned by now—is pristine. What circulates beneath its sapphire surface is some of the highest-quality water on the planet. And for those who call this place home, that includes the water we drink....
As a published author, Joe Flannery has always had a knack for descriptive storytelling—the ability to paint a vivid picture in readers’ heads through the eloquent use of words. Then he discovered an even more effective means of communicating with his audience....