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Venture at Your Own Risk
Recommendations for the best of California and the West CALICO BASIN, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA A mere 20 miles from Sin City lies another alluring place to test your luck: Calico Basin. The geographic marvel features gorgeous sandstone walls where rock jock
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The Phenomenology of Place
I first laid eyes on Leaves when it was on view at the Seattle Art Museum in 2007. The dynamic patterning and implied motion within the lateral expanse of the painting were mesmerizing. It called to something deep within me to explore further, drawin
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‘Look Out or You’ll Be Poisoned’
The attempted murder happened on an ordinary spring day at the Carmel artist colony in 1914. The novelist Alice MacGowan went to get something to eat from the cooler on the back porch of her home overlooking the bay. When she took a bite of leftover

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