Best buds and restaurateurs Rob Thibaut and Sandy Saxten made a pact to design and build their dining destinations in places they wanted to live, work and play, which, for the California natives, meant spots with surf, sand and sun. The pair, who started and...
Just past the break of dawn in early May, Will Richardson is in the parking lot of Aspen Grove in Incline Village, preparing to lead a group of birdwatchers into the woods. Coming from Truckee, Reno, Carnelian Bay—and even as far away as Oregon—each member...
Reno and Las Vegas are not neighbors. You know it. I know it. But does the general art-loving public know it? In Briana Dolan’s experience, the answer is no. “Half the people that I talk to from the East Coast? They think it’s next to Vegas,” she says....
On a typical warm summer day at Tahoe, a stiff breeze kicks up in the mid-afternoon, sending wind-swept waves tumbling across the lake’s shimmering blue expanse. While such conditions may not be good for wakeboarders in search of glassy water, sailing aficionados are in heaven....
Tracy and Steve Tomkovicz, who restored Bowl Incline to its 1960s-era glory, tapped longtime friend, award-winning chef, Food Network star and restauranteur Sam Choy—also known as the godfather of poke—to open this casual eatery as part of the project. An Oahu native whose family ran...
Decades-old photographs of childhood summers spent on Lake Tahoe may have faded over the years, but chances are good that the memories still shine in vivid color: impossibly blue skies rivaled only by the even more impossibly blue water below, glaring red nylon swim trunks,...
Throughout history, the fate of wolves has been tied to the attitudes and actions of humans. This long history is filled with thousands of years of deification and reverence for the animal, and vicious killing campaigns and demonization that nearly wiped the species off the...
When Elena Hight speaks about optimizing her mindset, how activism and professional snowboarding have converged in her life or any other topic pertaining to her esteemed career, the 32-year-old South Lake Tahoe resident oozes both a casual tone and a depth of experience. With so...
Over the last two summers the music that normally fills the air, ears and hearts of festivalgoers went silent....
Warmer weather is in the air and boat-up eateries around Lake Tahoe are dusting off their docks for the season. Pulling up to a restaurant by boat adds a little splash of something special, maybe even cinematic, to dining out. Be it for breakfast, lunch,...