The East Bay’s Premier Magazine of Culture & Commerce
The East Bay’s Premier Magazine of Culture & Commerce
Navigating by Stacy Appel
A walk in the winter woods sparks new perspectives on an old relationship.
Out by Robert Menzimer
Thanksgiving without the kids? What’s an empty-nest couple to do?
Nine Rooms and a View by Maureen Ellen O’Leary
Our homes, ourselves: one family’s symbolic quest for new digs.
Arrivals by Greta Wu
A visit from a Chinese cousin illuminates the luster of the new world.
Retreat by Chris Malcomb
A serene vacation takes a startling turn.
Hidden in the East Bay hills, the Carmelite nuns of Kensington live at the most secluded monastery in the United States.
The pandemic created the urgency for many East Bay families to set up an estate plan. Richmond Estate Planning Attorney, Sara Diamond answers questions about wills, trusts, powers of attorney and advance health care directives.
Jacomena van Huizen Maybeck’s life began in 1901 on a Javanese sugar plantation and ended ninety-five years later in her house in the Berkeley hills. I met her in 1977, as my boyfriend and I followed the rumors of a unique cottage for rent. From the time of our first...
Ray Darten means for its color clothing to be worn.
A Cal psychologist has a simple prescription for race relations.
