Sun-kissed Sundays: My trip down the South Bay Bicycle Trail

I had misconceived notions about bringing my fabulous Nikon with me to document a bike trip down the southern California coastline. Day of the trip, I imagined how much I would hate lugging that bulky thing around with me, so at the last second, I grabbed an old point-and-shoot. Well as irony punishes the indecisive, I forgot that I had taken the memory card out of that particular camera.

20 Things To Do in LA Before I Move

In mid-August, I’ll be uprooting my Angeleno roots for life in the Big Apple. As a new NYU grad student, what exhilaration I have for starting a new professional path has been eclipsed by my love for Los Angeles. This city, for all its maddening traffic and Hollywood flippancy, is pretty damned amazing. So always the procrastinator, I’ve got about eight weeks to cram in all the things that I didn’t get around to doing in eight years.

A Thousand Words: Sunset in Seminyak

If you’re staying in the popular beach towns of southwestern Bali, watching the sunset is a must-see spectacle. When the clouds are out, as they often are on this tropical island, gorgeous swirls of pinks mingle with the otherwise perfect blue sky. This particular photo was taken from Double 6 Beach, located in between Legian and Seminyak, both great beaches if you want to be close to the action without tripping over drunken surfers.

Perasi’s Pasir Putih: Bali’s best secret (for now)

In the heavy heat of the mid-afternoon, East Bali was beginning to blur. As our driver Ketut zoomed past temple after temple, warung after warung, the only indication that there was anything more to this small village than some nondescript buildings and wandering dogs was a small handwritten sign nailed to a post: “WHITE SAND BEACH.”

Hong Kong’s Hidden Treasure: Tai Long Wan

The crowds of Central and Kowloon seem but a distant memory as you hike through the peaceful trails of Sai Kung East Country Park, located in the eastern coast of Hong Kong. Follow the pathway from Pak Tam Au toward Tai Long Wan beach, weaving through a rundown village and up into the mountains for spectacular views before giving way to clean white sand.