Santa Barbara’s sunsets are a sight to behold: Getty Images/iStockphoto Santa Barbara is a picture-perfect coastal city within easy reach of Los Angeles. Temperatures here rarely dip below the mythical Southern Californian “70 degrees” (21 Celsius). The downtown area is small, and easily walkable – which is rare in these […]

A writer who is good for you “No other author goes with such casual intimacy as [Austen] … into the vulnerable spot where society touches the root of self. And few authors are at the same time so quietly fearsome and so intensely consoling.” 📚 Pride and Prejudice, by Jane […]