Elbphilharmonie is Germany's latest, most extraordinary "wow" landmark. Elbphilharmonie is a sparkling concert hall perched above a historic brick warehouse on a triangular plot surrounded by a...
Laurie Jo Miller Farr
Laurie Jo Miller Farr is a career-long tourism, destination, hotel sales and marketing pro. As a dedicated urbanite, she loves walkable cities and has a knack for always finding the very best public restrooms.
She enjoys views from the crazy signature hills of San Francisco following half-a-lifetime promoting her dual hometowns, a couple of oh-so-flat places: NYC and London. Her work is found online at CBS, USA Today, Yahoo, Eater, Where Traveler, and more. She tweets @ReferencePlease and is more than a bit smitten with posting and following fabulous landscapes and food shots on Instagram @lauriejmfarr.
The West Coast Artisanal Ice Cream Scene Heats Up
Here in San Francisco, summer means bundling up in jackets and woollies the moment the sun goes down or the fog rolls in. Nevertheless, the locals are lined up at artisanal ice cream shops all over...
The Best of California Highway One Discovery Route
Wander a swathe of small beach towns, along the California Highway One Discovery Route, that are reminiscent of how California beach towns were. I was eager to explore the California Highway 1...
Palo Alto: Art and Cuisine in the Heart of Silicon Valley
Palo Alto, California, is renowned for two key connections—as the home of Stanford University and as home of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple. When I received an invitation from the Garden Court...