When you venture into the wild with nothing but a few simple art supplies and observe what’s around you, the world opens in illuminating ways. Make it a regular practice, and you might even become a budding naturalist....
Tyler Burges, former executive sous chef of San Francisco’s multi-Michelin-starred Saison, heads up the hearth at this Japanese-inspired spot, which specializes in wood-fired cuisine presented in an impeccably styled eatery at the state line. Order a la carte or the omakase (tasting menu), which might...
Tahoe City’s long-running lakefront gem Christy Hill has a new chef and ownership. At the beginning of the year, executive chef Andrew Shimer wrapped up his 12-year run to pursue his own eatery. His replacement, Luis Vallin, is a graduate of the Gastronomic Institute in...
Thinking back on this past winter, I see mostly static, like a connection was lost. The entire winter was a white blur, an onslaught of storms that began in November and didn’t stop until April. Numbers lost all meaning—6 to 9 feet in the forecast,...
Before Robert Erickson’s handmade furniture caught the eye of national collectors, before his three-legged Van Muyden chair joined the Yale University Art Gallery collection, before his fiddleback maple rocking chair was added to the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Nevada City-area craftsman tried his hand...
Hunger is one of nature’s most potent motivators. Just ask the Donner Party. But while these starving settlers might be the most famous Sierra residents to seek out “alternative” food sources to survive, they were not the first. Hidden in mosquito-infested wetlands, carnivorous plants of the...
Tahoe Donner residents have seemingly been keeping a tasty little tidbit all to themselves—the Lodge Restaurant & Pub, tucked into the upper reaches of the 7,000-acre Truckee subdivision. Designed by award-winning Ryan Group Architects and built as a clubhouse-style amenity for its some 6,500 properties’...
I was almost 7 years old when World War II ended in 1945, and my mom, dad and I lived very different lives during the previous four years. Dad was in charge of a military warehouse on Guam, mom lived with two of her sisters...
Hundreds of people spread out on blankets and beach chairs are swaying in the sun, smiling as they stare at the stage, fascinated with the band. A crowd of dancers moving to the beat forms up front, cheering and spinning in rhythm to the music....
It’s not a car, nor does it scream “art.” At first blush, James Cole’s gargantuan 1993 C4000L Amertek is more a military surplus aficionado’s fantasy than a groovy art car aiding and abetting a Burner’s dream state....