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- Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES -- There's a cross on the roof, stained glass in the windows and a choir loft upstairs, but this whitewashed three-level building near Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake is no longer a house of worship. It's the Hotel Lucile, a 25-room boutique lodging that opens Sept. 14 with a res…
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- Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES -- That long, hot summer is nearing its end. Kids are back in school. This might be the moment to plot a California trip with more changing leaves and less traffic. I've pulled together 13 fall travel ideas here, from deserts to coast with a couple of mountain destinations mixed …
- Mia Taylor, TravelPulse
Many assumptions are made about Gen Z, based on everything from their work habits to what they spend their money on. We know they’re digital natives having grown up with smartphones, social media, and the internet always available. We also know that Gen Z generally tends to be pragmatic and …
- Jae-Ha Kim, Tribune Content Agency
As the showrunner and co-creator of the new Netflix series “Crew Girl,” Vivian Lin knew she wanted the show’s protagonist to be Asian American. “When you get into casting, the search generally broadens out, but it was important to me that we considered actors of Asian descent for the role, j…
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Scandinavia's Viking days may be long gone, but its legacy of maritime exploration (and plunder) continues to capture our imagination. Tap into the region's seafaring heritage by visiting excellent museums in Stockholm, Oslo, and just outside Copenhagen.
DEER LAKE, Canada — Geologist Kirsten Oravec is in her element. "This is a walk on the Earth's mantle. These are wonderfully strange rocks," she says, marveling at the Tablelands in Gros Morne National Park. The Earth's mantle, normally hidden deep beneath the Earth's crust, is the middle layer of the planet. The collision of continents "almost 500 million years ago" catapulted the interior to ...
ATHENS — Tourists from the U.S. are spending the most money per head on their trips to Greece — more than British, French, German and Italian visitors, figures from the Greek central bank show. According to August data from the Bank of Greece for the first half of 2026 and parsed by the Greek financial press, tourists from the U.S. spent an average of around €1,213 per person per trip to Greece ...
Whether you favor a quiet paddle, a deep dive or a shriek-inducing water park, why not center your next vacation around H2O? Here are five ideas to consider. Seabreeze Amusement Park, Rochester, N.Y. Lazy rivers, wave pools, log chutes and rip-tide slides. What more could a water-loving clan desire? And still, there is more for your family to enjoy with a visit to this park that also includes ...
For years, we’ve known that Americans consistently leave their vacation time unused. A recent report indicates that 62% of U.S. employees don’t take all of their paid time off, which equals $312 billion in vacation value annually. Now, a new survey reveals that even when Americans take a vacation, they struggle to unplug from work and relax while away. A just-published survey from NumberBarn ...
LUANDA, Angola — Angola boasts some of the best waterfalls in Africa, spectacular deserts and all the wildlife you could wish for. Head to the Kalandula Falls, a quarter-mile wide and more than 320 feet deep. Or Kissama National Park, for safaris to see elephants, giraffes, and antelopes. Don't miss the spectacular Namibe desert landscape in the south, which Angola shares with neighboring ...
The movie "The Odyssey" has rekindled sentiments of returning home. For years I traveled back to the scenic place of my birth, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. This past August, I changed tack and visited the mainland of Nova Scotia, where I hadn’t been in decades. My senses hadn’t forgotten: The briny smell of the Atlantic Ocean, the taste of the best lobsters in the world, the burst of ...
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Long gone are the days where impulse buying meant grabbing an unplanned candy bar or magazine in the checkout line. Now, social media makes it quick and easy for us to purchase just about anything with the click of a button, whether or not it’s in the budget. And for some Americans, it’s hurting them...
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Holiday shopping season is upon us, and the pressure is on, or at least it feels that way for some parents. A new NerdWallet survey, conducted by The Harris Poll, finds that 48% of parents with children under 18 feel pressure to spend more money on holiday gifts than they’re comfortable spending.According to NerdWallet’s annual...