No Place Like Home: The Original Hot Chicken Lands In LA
There’s only one hot chicken place in LA that can say they are the real deal. Hotville is that place. But is it as good? How do they compare?
Months After Opening Ficklewood Ciderworks Had To Fight To Survive
It didn’t take long after the doors opened for Ficklewood Ciderworks to become one of Long Beach’s newest hot spots. Then the pandemic hit.
Drinking and Driving: A Van’s Journey West
Writer Kristen Bailey left city life behind and relocated thousands of miles west to California. Here’s her story of a long van ride west.
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As the Thomas Fire Raged California Brewers Stood Strong
[siteorigin_widget class=”kad_fullpane_widget”][/siteorigin_widget] It took only twenty days for the Thomas fire to chew and claw a path of ash across southern California and become the largest wildfire in state history. In its wake, the monster left homes and businesses in smoking piles of rubble. Firefighters fought day and night in long fourteen hour shifts and…
Kelsey Creek Brewing Company is Wine Country’s Coziest Brewery
Nestled in the shadow of a long dormant volcano not far from the banks of one of California’s largest lakes and surrounded by rolling vineyards and lazy hills is the cozy town of Kelseyville. It is also home to the Kelsey Creek Brewing Company. The nano brewery was tucked among the storefronts looking straight from…
California water restrictions spell trouble for craft brewers
Slowly the great state of California has been drying up. Since 2011 California residents have been struggling with an ongoing drought that has forced them to reconsider the way they live, eat and drink. Recently craft brewers and wine producers have also felt the pressure. Now, California governor Jerry Brown has ordered mandatory water use…
The Struggle To Get to California
I probably should have turned the car around and stayed home when I left the morning of my California adventure. Having to trudge through a couple of inches of snow and ice should have been the first clue. Weather be damned, I continued on dodging the slipping front-wheel drive cars and wheeling past confused motorists…